The Mets have no reason to second-guess their decision to replace Willie Randolph. Since putting Jerry Manuel in charge, the Mets have been one of the hottest teams in baseball and are in sole possession of the first place in the NL East. That said, owner Fred Wilpon does regret the way Randolph was fired, in the dark of night just one game into a west coast road trip. From Bloomberg News:``I know I screwed up,'' Wilpon told reporters at SportsNet New York's Manhattan studios. ``I should have said, `wait a second.'''This won't make Randolph feel any better -- in other words, all Wilpon is saying is that he regrets not being able to tell the world sooner that he canned his manager. But reading between the lines -- which is always dangerous but so, so fun -- am I the only one who thinks it's interesting that Wilpon is pinning all of the blame on Minaya? It's one thing to say, "I know I screwed up," and it's another thing to say, "I know I screwed up by not reining in my GM." It wasn't all the long ago that Minaya was on the hot seat -- is this Wilpon's way of telling Minaya not to get too comfortable?
[...] Wilpon said he regrets not speaking up when Minaya told him the next day that he was going to fly to California and tell Randolph in person after the game. Because of the three-hour time difference, the announcement of Randolph's firing was left out of New York newspapers.
``I wasn't smart enough to say, `you are going to cut the New York press out?''' Wilpon said. ``I didn't even think of it.''
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7-28-2008 @ 12:24AM
George B Vieto said...
I thought it was the owner of the team who could fire the field manager with the general manager Omar Minaya gettng permission to actually tell Willie Randolph that his services were no longer needed. At least Fred Wilpon does have the courage to admit he messed the way Willie Randolph was fired from the team after the game was over.
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8-02-2008 @ 6:21PM
lew said...
YOU SCREWED UP . NOW TO THE ISSUES HEILMAN IS GARBAGE. AS LONG AS YOU PUT HIM IN HE WILL LOSE GAMES FOR THE METS. HE IS A CANCER APIECE OF PURE CRAP.. MANUEL YOUR A FOOL TO KEEP THIS BUM. IM A MET FAN AND IM FED UP WITH HEILMAN. ARE YOU BLIND HES A CANCER. HE SPREADS LOSES. GET THIS CRAP UOT. EVERY MET FAN SEES THIS GARBAGE, YOU THINK HES A SAVIOR. HE SUCKS A CANCER A LOSER A BUM. WAKE UP MANUEL GET THIS PIECE OF SHIT OUT.
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8-05-2008 @ 1:30PM
lew said...
MANUEL YOU HAVE GARBAGE IN THE HOUSE AND IT STINKS TERRIBLY. HEILMAN SUCKS .HES A CANCER .. GET HIM OUT. THE BULL PEN IS AWFUL SANCHES IS NOTHING NOW. THE REST YOU HAVE AN OVERPRICED CENTER FIELDER WHO STINKS. HE WANTED TO BE A YANKEE. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. 7 YEARS AT 17MMILLION PER YEAR. HOW STUPID. MUTS YOUR IDIOTS. GO PUT A TEAM TOGETHER. .SCHOENWEISS WAS RELEASED BY THE REDS AND THE METS GAVE HIM A 3 YEAR DEAL.. HOW STUPID. WHO THE HELL RUNS THE MUTS.
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