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Timing Of Randolph Firing Irrelevant

There’s never a good time to fire an employee. Whether it’s first thing in the morning or after a day of work, it isn’t pleasant.
We don’t know the nature [...]

Written on June 17, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Mets Fire Randolph And Coaches

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The Mets announced at 3:15 am Eastern time that they fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson, and first base coach Tom Nieto. The [...]

Written on June 17, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Reports: Randolph Safe, Coaches Could Go

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There have been a variety of reports about what Omar Minaya may do to shake this team up. It seems that the latest hot story [...]

Written on June 16, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Don’t Cry For Willie

I’m tired of reading and hearing about how the “Evil Wilpons” and Omar Minaya should stop torturing Willie Randolph by pressuring him to achieve results. Everyone has pressure in their [...]

Written on June 16, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Video: Baseball Tonight On Willie Randolph

The ESPN Baseball Tonight crew talks about Randolph’s job security as the team heads to Los Angeles to face the Angles. Steve Phillips says that it looks like Randolph will [...]

Written on June 16, 2008 | Posted in Management, Video | No Comment

Video: Kurkjian On Replay And Randolph

ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian talks about the prospect of instant replay being utilized in Major League Baseball this season. He also addresses the possibility that Mets manager Willie Randolph [...]

Written on June 14, 2008 | Posted in Management, Video | No Comment

Roster Changes A Long, Difficult Road For Mets

For weeks I’ve been hoping that the Mets would settle on a direction to go for this season. There are two choices: change the manager or change the roster. The [...]

Written on June 14, 2008 | Posted in Management, Roster, Trades | No Comment

Minaya Provides Meek Support For Randolph

Prior to tonight’s game Mets GM Omar Minaya addressed the rumors swirling that manager Willie Randolph’s firing is imminent. Minaya re-affirmed his statements from two weeks ago that Randolph has [...]

Written on June 13, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Willie Watch Is Hot Today!

David Lennon and Ken Davidoff of Newsday are reporting that Willie Randolph has this weekend to show management something or he’ll be fired. The last couple of days have given [...]

Written on June 13, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment

Report: Mets Brass Met Thursday- Still No Changes

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Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer Jon Heyman reports that Omar Minaya and members of the Mets front office met yesterday to discuss the Mets decline. [...]

Written on June 13, 2008 | Posted in Management | No Comment