New York Mets fire Randolph

by Red on Jun 17, 2008 8:43 AM PDT Comment 21 comments

Despite last nights win, Willie gets cut:

"-- ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- After weeks of speculation that his job was in jeopardy, Willie Randolph finally got fired by the New York Mets while most fans were sleeping.
Randolph was let go in the middle of the night Tuesday, 2 1/2 months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September."

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At 3:15a EST

You think they would’ve had the decency to wait ‘til
-a Mets Loss
-the team isn’t on the road
-an hour when Willie would reasonablt be awake

by TheTypingFiend on Jun 17, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The guy is in town, is a class act, a decent player in his day, needs a job...

I wonder if he could be a batting coach?

by Stirrups on Jun 17, 2008 10:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

mike would've him

he hit for no power and had a league average BA.

but in every one of his seasons, he had more walks than K’s. that’s impressive

Chaka Khan... Rally Monkey 2.0

by howiestheman on Jun 17, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

mike would've *liked him

Chaka Khan... Rally Monkey 2.0

by howiestheman on Jun 17, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

About time

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jun 17, 2008 10:19 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Just classless

What a joke. They handled this about as poorly as I can imagine.

Seattle I would like to thank you for sucking. It allows me to get back to my roots: Hating Fremont.

by hauldog on Jun 17, 2008 10:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Star of the Canon AE-1 commercial back in 1983...

that’s about all I remember about Willie Randolph. That’s the camera I got for Christmas in 1983. Still have it.

"At some point, a veteran player will more often than not find his stroke. You just have to show them a little bit of patience."

by Downing Rules on Jun 17, 2008 10:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Silly coincidence...

I went looking for that commercial on the internet…here’s a little nugget I dug up from an October 2006 USA today article:

Omar Minaya, major league baseball’s first Hispanic general manager, was once just a budding part-time model and actor trying to make enough to supplement his minor league baseball income.

Who would have imagined 25 years later after filming a Canon camera commercial with Randolph (“I was the guy sliding into him,” Minaya says), the duo would be leading the Mets to the National League playoffs?

Ultra-bizzare…

"At some point, a veteran player will more often than not find his stroke. You just have to show them a little bit of patience."

by Downing Rules on Jun 17, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He and Toree were both in New York-area commercials for Subway (the sandwich place)

all of last season, and maybe the season before it. Now they’re both gone!

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jun 17, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You Think

they would have done this before the trip, or at least after a loss. An organization mired in ineptitude.

I was really hoping that the Halos would complete the comeback last night…not only to see them win (bien sûr), but I was wondering if Minaya would come down to the dugout and fire him right then and there.

by jjackflash on Jun 17, 2008 11:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

ACT OF MERCY

BY FIRING RANDOLPH OUT HERE, the Mets showed mercy in having Willie avoid the onslaught of media types that pollute the big apple. He can clear out his office in peace now with the beat writers all stuck at the Costa Mesa Sheraton.

by Rev Halofan on Jun 17, 2008 1:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately for Willie,

the east coast media does not feel that sports west of the rockies is serious, so they do not send the full contingent. All the beat media left behind, will be sitting at the airport like sharks chasing chum.

by Stirrups on Jun 17, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if he has to find his own flight back to NY

That’d be funny

by Higz on Jun 17, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you wake a guy up in the middle of the night

to fire him over the phone from 2600 miles away then, yeah, you are a cheap enough bastard to get a refund for his travel bookings and force him to find a way to get his own self home. And you probably make him get back to NY first so that he has to buy his own boxes and clean out his own desk.

by Stirrups on Jun 17, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs