Month: May 2008

Does Keeping Willie Only Delay The Inevitable?

If Willie thought he was being unfairly bashed by the media last week, wait until he reads what the local papers have in store for him this morning.Bob Klapisch of the Record thinks the Wilpons should bite the bullet on the remaining $4 million dollars of Randolph’s contract. He says…Ever since then, Randolph has been losing touch with his players, many of whom have become...

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Randolph Is Still The Man… By The Skin Of His Teeth

The New York Post reports that the New York Mets will allow Willie Randolph to keep managing the team for now. The news comes after a marathon meeting today at Shea Stadium between Randolph, GM Omar Minaya, principal owner Fred Wilpon and his son COO Jeff Wilpon.The decision was made despite a tumultuous week for Randolph that started with negative comments made in the Bergen Record about SNY,...

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I’m Not Ready To Say “Wait ‘Till Next Year”

I am truly at a loss for words today concerning the Mets. Normally on Mondays I give out the “Monday Morning Metsy” Award to the Mets player who has exemplified great play for the past week. For this Monday, I can find none who deserve ANY accolades save Nick Evans, and he hasn’t even been around for a week yet.  What can be said about this team that hasn’t been said...

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Hot as Fire or Cold as Ice?

Welcome, Mets fans, to another edition of Hot or Not! Usually, this list is put into three categories: the players who are doing so amazingly well, the players who I feel are doing better than they were the week before, and the players who are slumping and could do a lot better (or the players who blow games in the bottom of the 13th). This week, I feel this list only needs two categories: the...

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All the Fans Stay True to the Orange and Blue

"The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed." Casey Stenegel said this more than 40 years ago, and it rings so true today. This season, we’ve probably seen the Mets lose in every possible way, plus a few additions. The Mets are currently going through a rough patch. In April, we weren’t really worried and we said to ourselves,...

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