Breaking News Met Fans

According to ESPn.com, I sadly report that while we were sleeping (except for me, I got you faithful readers) Willie Randolph has been fired, one of the good black managers of this time have been kicked to the curb. I would not put the entire blame it on him, blame endy chavez and  carlos delgado for hitting  under .220. Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto also were cut loose. What I don’t understand is that they cut him overnight after they beat the angels 9-6, they fired him 2 hours after the win. Mets won 2 str8 and they still cut him loose. Bench coach Jerry Manuel takes over on an interim basis for Randolph.

Let’s some accomplishments shall we.

Randolph was hired in November 2004 and, boosted by the addition of Carlos Beltran and Martinez, the Mets showed immediate improvement. They went 83-79 in his first year, stopping a slide of three straight dismal seasons.

The Mets did far better the next year, tying the crosstown Yankees for baseball’s best regular-season record (97-65) and winning the NL East for the first time since 1988.

Randolph is the first manager in major league history to have his team’s record improve by at least 12 games in each of his first two seasons

He came in second place in the 2006 NL Manager of the Year voting

Any questions: Link2ja@yahoo.com (Srry stan I felt like doing it too)