Gothamist: Willie Randolph Reveals How He Was 'Whacked'

sonyactivision

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:33:05 -0500

The Mets should be run by a computer. Omar Minaya should be replaced with a $79 software program. Fred Wilpon should be uninstalled in favor of a Lenny Dykstra avatar.

babyhitler

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:39:06 -0500

he's the second winningest mets coach ever? Damn, I knew the mets sucked. I didn't know how much.

bornbrednewyorker

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:14:53 -0500

Maypo, wicked curve?? 2 strikes you protect the plate. He is a good defensive player but he's no number four hitter. I'll give you Schneider being a step up on LoDuca. I'm not sold on Pelfrey yet. Just when you think he's something he turns in another bad performance. We'll see.

bornbrednewyorker

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:01:23 -0500

SP 302-253 isn't bad no matter who you manage for.

drewo

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:14:44 -0500

Boring manager fired by a boring team in a boring way. It says a lot about the Mets players when the visiting Texas Rangers were the ones going out and entertaining the Mets fans, and being applauded by those fans, during a rain delay last week.

Maypo

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:54:09 -0500

Actually Bornbred: Schneider is right at the top for % of runners thrown-out and with less innings than other leaders. He's been exactly what the Mets need if you remember LoDuca's inability to do the same. Beltran isn't overrated. His average is what it's always been, bar the anomaly postseason with the 'Stros. His fielding is among the best in the majors and I'm sure he's just as busted up about the bat on the shoulder as we are. It was a wicked curve. Oliver Perez is erratic. Santana and Maine are dependable and even Pelf is coming along. I'll give you the bullpen and hitting though. They stink.

SP

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:40:31 -0500

"second winningest manager in Mets history" The Mets historically have sucked so bad, being the second winningest coach obviously isn't saying much. He should have been number 1. But I agree, the cast assembled by Minaya is sub-par, 06 was probably a blip. Had Willie been given even a slightly better team this year, things would have been different.

bornbrednewyorker

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:33:24 -0500

He wasn't all that good at it? He's the second winningest manager in Mets history. Maybe just maybe the Mets aren't that good and the man who really should have been fired did the firing. Delgado is washed up, Castillo is adequate at best, Reyes is an immature brat who's going down the road of wasted potential like Strawberry, Wright is good but overrated, Alou was/is too old and always hurt, Beltran is overrated, terrible in the clutch and will always be remembered for having the bat on his shoulder on a 3-2 count in '06, Church is probably never going to recover properly from two concussions that the Mets brass botched, Schneider can't hit and for a guy who is supposed to be good defensively he barely throws anyone out and has a lot of passed balls. Starting pitching is erratic, bullpen is terrible, bench stinks! Omar should have been fired for assembling this mess and the Wilpons seemingly have no clue how to keep the inamtes from running the asylum. Make no doubt I am a Mets fan but a realistic one.