Michael Felger, the cohost of the popular midday 98.5 The Sports Hub talk show “Felger and Mazz,’’ is facing a wave of criticism because of his 12-minute rant about retired pitcher Roy Halladay’s death during Wednesday’s show.

Halladay, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, died Tuesday when the tiny sport plane he was flying crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The plane, an ICON A5, was made for entry-level pilots like him.

Felger showed no sympathy for Halladay a day after his death, calling him a “moron’’ and “idiot’’ for flying the plane.