Francesa delivers special McCartney B-day tale

GIVEN that Mike Francesa is an inveterate namedropper and braggart, I don’t know how he didn’t find time to tell us before, but Thursday, Paul McCartney’s 78th birthday, Francesa recalled when he was asked to be seated besides McCartney at a Knicks game. At halftime, said Francesa, McCartney asked him to pose for a picture with him because his wife, from Long Island, is a big Francesa fan.

Thursday, he decided to finally share that story — as if he wouldn’t have boasted about it the next day.

How to have your cable system return your call: Reader John Myers sent back an invoice on which he wrote, “No payment will be sent until I receive a call from customer service.” A service rep soon called.

Hey, HBO! How about rebroadcasting that two-episode 1991 baseball classic, “When It Was A Game.” Still surpasses special.

With the June 10 death of 17-year big-leaguer Claudell Washington, reader Doug Bader recalls that Washington was known for careless defense: “As a visiting player, he returned to play right field against the White Sox in Comiskey, where someone in the nearby bleachers displayed a sign that read, ‘Washington Slept Here.’ ”

If MLB resumes, which ball will Rob Manfred choose? The regular baseball or the records-smashing home runs or strikeouts ball?

Reader Ben Greenberg on the proposal to have MLB teams wear corporate ads on their uniforms: “Will the Astros be sponsored by Enron?”

So I ask my uncle, “Is it pronounced Hawaii or HavI-ee?” He says it’s “HavI-ee.” I say, “Thank you.” He says, “You’re vel-com.”