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New York Mets fire manager Willie Randolph

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Willie Randolph is out as manager of the New York Mets, fired 2 1/2 months into a disappointing season that has followed the team's colossal collapse last September.

Bench coach Jerry Manuel takes over on an interim basis for Randolph, who led the Mets to within one win of the 2006 World Series. They got off to a strong start again last year but plummeted down the stretch and have been unable to rebound.

A preseason favorite to win the NL pennant, the $138 million Mets (34-35) had won two in a row when Randolph was let go early Tuesday morning — making him the first major league manager to get fired this season.

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wow...bad timing

 

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http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10868317

I feel bad for him...hes a good guy but a terrible manager

 

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Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto also were fired in an enormous overhaul that came at a stunning time -- about two hours after New York's 9-6 victory at the Los Angeles Angels.

dayam!

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

Other ways the Mets could have fired Willie

In case you didn't know yet, the Mets wacked Willie Randolph at 3am last night following the team's victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Seeing that they took such a classless route in letting him and the majority of his staff go, we thought we'd throw in a few ways the organization could have gone about this move a bit classier.

1. Hit Willie over the head with a steel chair while he makes a pitching change; then spray paint “F-I-R-E-D” on his back.

2. Dress up a team of fake Mets to fly with him on a decoy plane to Afghanistan while the real Mets fly to Los Angeles to play the Angels.

3. Release video of Willie playing army with Dark Helmet.

4. Drive him to the woods so Silvio can chase him down and shoot him in the back.

5. Slowly tweeze his mustache one hair at a time until he offers his resignation.

6. Make him wear a Rusty Staub wig and bench coach Jerry Manuel's glasses until the humiliation is just too much to handle.

7. Put him in the trunk of a car and take him to the Pine Barrens, then accidentally let him escape, never to be heard from again.

8. Mic him up to the PA system for all home games and force him to explain each pitching change and lineup move until someone at Shea jumps from the stands and takes him out themselves.

9. Fax him a pink slip while on vacation.

10. Force him to run from the Indiana Jones boulder until it eventually squashes him like a pancake.

11. Put him on the dais of a Roast and then at the end have Carrot Top act out his firing with a flare gun and a large plastic whale.

12. Throw a cooler of water on his back as if they're celebrating something great; then tell him he's fired.

13. Tell him that he's either fired or has to watch Temple of Doom and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in a row.

14. Have Dog the Bounty Hunter and his crew take Willie from the dugout mid-game.

15. Make him and Rick Peterson hit each other with giant Itchy & Scratchy hammers until they're both out of commission.

16. IM him a crying emoticon and type "TTYL".

17. Have the Undertaker run him over with his suped up hearse.

 

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meh

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great win today

we tied it in the 9th against MLB's best closer...then sealed the deal in the 10th with an Easley HR

LETS GO METS!

dont tease me bro!

 

[Randy Savage 5,000+ posts]

The Yankees Wang has been shelved

We've never heard of a shelved Wang, but it sounds god awful. Best of luck to the Yanks as they begin to play without their Wang.

It's certainly hard to imagine any more classic quotes coming from Hank without having his coveted Wang around.

Other possibilities for the headline:

MRI reveals Wang's sprain; no Yanks until September

All goes wrong for Wang just before scoring

Yanks Wangless at inopportune time

Yankees rise short-lived thanks to Wang

Wang fitted with brace

Cashman: We're nothing without our Wang

 

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hahaha...Wang is down

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Wang injured; Yanks not looking good

 

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BTW....Jerry Manuel = gangsta //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

he'll cut ya bitch

From METSBLOG:

Jerry Manuel, with a smile, speaking to reporters prior to Wednesday’s game, regarding what he told Jose Reyes in the locker room on Tuesday after the shortstop stormed off the field and tossed his helmet in disgust of being pulled from the game with a possible injury:
“I told him the next time he does that, I’m going to get my blade out and cut him right on the field. I’m a gangsta.”

…i don’t know whether to laugh at this, or be afraid…

…apparently, jerry refers to himself and his players as gangstas…

In fact, during Manuel’s introductory press conference on Tuesday, he told reporters that he often uses the expression, “Gangstas on the field, ladies on the bus.”

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

well i am glad to see the rays have the 6th best record in baseball after tonights game might be the 5th best but i have been watching the rays since the first year they came out

and i even have a hat from teh first year ever since i am only bout an hour south of the stadium i go alot and only team close to me so hopefully i will see them make the playoffs with a young and no name team with one of the lower payrolls in the leauge beating mulit million dollar payrolls like the yankess haha and hanging with the redsox and beating the cubs

 

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give us back Kazmir!!!!!

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[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

haha yea hes really helped the rays i rember seeing his first game for the rays and i knew he was gonna be a big help for the rays since they have started i said if they would just get some pitching they would go somewhere i mean they have always had offense and good defense just no pitching now they have 3 good starters and a decent bullpen and a decent closer besides percival scares me every game because he makes it so close by giving up home runs reyes is a better closer to me

 

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Going to my first game of the season in a few hours //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif

 

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hopefully your closer wont blow it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

beat those Braves!