Is Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo really going to retire after his failed Phillies – Diamondbacks prediction?

Mad Dog said he’d retire if the D-backs won the NLCS. Well, here you go.

Congrats to Chris Russo, the loud, legendary sports TV and radio personality known as “Mad Dog,” on his retirement.

Well … probably not. But Mad Dog did the thing you’re not supposed to do on the air or on social media, and made a promise connected to a prediction that he probably won’t follow through on.

Earlier in the week, he said this on Mad Dog Sports Radio: “If [the Diamondbacks] win the next two games and win the [NLCS] in seven games, I will retire on the spot.”

You know what happened next. Arizona took down the Philadelphia Phillies and will move on the World Series.

Russo posted that he stood by his promise, along with a few other notable tweets:

But he’s also said this in recent days:

Soooo … hmm. We’ll see how Russo will get out of this one. Also, the Diamondbacks were DEFINITELY aware of this: