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Say hey Willie, you're still hired
Posted by Fired Fred on October 3, 2007 4:47 PM
The Mets are bringing Willie Randolph back after overseeing the most epic collapse of a sports franchise in recorded history. It's true, all the way back to when they used to tie knots in ropes and send runners scampering over the Andes to deliver them as messages, no one's ever lost out after being 7 up with 17 to play.
I'll give Willie credit, he's got a sense of humor over having to work in New York after that disastrous finish...
Randolph showed up without his mustache, and when asked why he shaved it he said, jokingly, "It's not a good time to be recognized in this town.The guy who built the roster that collapsed in epic fashion will be back too. Willie's boss Omar Minaya doesn't act like he was in any trouble. Omar's already trying to push Willie onto an ice floe out to sea...
Minaya will now be subject to the same sort of pressure that Randolph will experience next season. The Post reported the GM will be in danger of being fired next season, if Randolph doesn't oversee a winner. Minaya said, "I have not been told that by our ownership that we are linked together," - perhaps he was attempting to distance himself from Randolph.Nice little backstab ol' Omar gave his manager there. Like Willie was out on the trade deadline doing jack for the team. At least this gives me a reason not to think about Trevor Hoffman throwing BP to the Rockies on Monday night.
The press conference also offered a strange opening scene in which Minaya said - with Randolph standing off to the side - he needed to "really think about . . . whether [Randolph] was going to come back or not."
Image courtesy of the funniest newspaper outside the LA Times editorials, the New York Post.