Hey, WIllie Randolph, it's Not Because You're Black,...
Its because your team sucks!
BLAME FOR THIS MESS GOES BEYOND DUGOUT
May 27, 2008 -- MAYBE it is not the manager.
Maybe this is not about the leader as much as it is about the led. Maybe this is about something that looked good on paper, but is dispiriting in reality.
The most expensive Met team in history is ineffective, indifferent and in big trouble.
Willie Randolph is a lame duck, but the team he is managing is just lame.
After learning Randolph would not be fired - at least not yesterday - the Mets were inspired enough to again be the second-best team in a game. They lost 7-3 to the surprising first-place Marlins, who now lead the Mets by 6 1/2 games.
There certainly is enough season left to make up 61/2 games, remembering, of course, that the Mets blew a 71/2-game lead with 17 games to play last year. But it is becoming more and more difficult to envision this conglomeration of players rallying regardless of their manager's identity.
That is not only because the Mets are 23-26 through Memorial Day. It is because the Mets are now 79-83 over the last 162 games, the equivalent of a full season. That record cannot be simply explained by poor managing.
Without swift change, Randolph soon will pay with his job, sacrificed to the anger of the Wilpons and the fury of the fans. Those left in the chagrined Shea crowd chanted "fire Willie" in the ninth inning.
But when Randolph is gone, what will remain is these players, the team Omar Minaya built, a team that now is that 79-83 record and not the NL East favorites portrayed on paper.
Minaya and Randolph met with Jeff and Fred Wilpon for more than two hours yesterday, then Minaya and Randolph sat side by side at a late afternoon Shea press conference.
BLAME FOR THIS MESS GOES BEYOND DUGOUT
May 27, 2008 -- MAYBE it is not the manager.
Maybe this is not about the leader as much as it is about the led. Maybe this is about something that looked good on paper, but is dispiriting in reality.
The most expensive Met team in history is ineffective, indifferent and in big trouble.
Willie Randolph is a lame duck, but the team he is managing is just lame.
After learning Randolph would not be fired - at least not yesterday - the Mets were inspired enough to again be the second-best team in a game. They lost 7-3 to the surprising first-place Marlins, who now lead the Mets by 6 1/2 games.
There certainly is enough season left to make up 61/2 games, remembering, of course, that the Mets blew a 71/2-game lead with 17 games to play last year. But it is becoming more and more difficult to envision this conglomeration of players rallying regardless of their manager's identity.
That is not only because the Mets are 23-26 through Memorial Day. It is because the Mets are now 79-83 over the last 162 games, the equivalent of a full season. That record cannot be simply explained by poor managing.
Without swift change, Randolph soon will pay with his job, sacrificed to the anger of the Wilpons and the fury of the fans. Those left in the chagrined Shea crowd chanted "fire Willie" in the ninth inning.
But when Randolph is gone, what will remain is these players, the team Omar Minaya built, a team that now is that 79-83 record and not the NL East favorites portrayed on paper.
Minaya and Randolph met with Jeff and Fred Wilpon for more than two hours yesterday, then Minaya and Randolph sat side by side at a late afternoon Shea press conference.
The TrekMedic steps up to the plate and slams:
When your overpaid children can put up a 20-spot, come call The Team to Beat, and we'll talk some more, OK?
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