Willie Randolph Fired

The New York Mets fired Willie Randolph today, early, early Tuesday morning around 3:00 a.m. eastern time. If you ask me, it was the most pathetic firing I have ever seen. Not even George Steinbrenner would pull this type of stunt. If the Mets were going to fire Randolph, it should have been last season during their historic collapse.

Not only don't I think Randolph is to blame for last year, I don't believe he is the reason for the New York Mets struggles this season. Willie Randolph was managing with the parts the Mets organization gave him. I hear people talk about how the Mets have the highest payroll in the National League, so they should be doing much better, but that is not always the case. Look at their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees. The Yankees have the highest payroll in all of baseball, and they are struggling just to keep themselves in the playoff conversation. The Oakland Atheletics do not spend that much money at all, and they seem to be in the playoff hunt every year.

I believe most, if not all the blame should fall on the shoulders of the New York Mets General Manager Omar Minyaya. He was the one who assembled this disaster they call a baseball team. Bringing in Carlos Beltran who has proven to be a bust, and Carlos Delgado who is playing like he is fifty-five years old, are two of the primary reasons And bringing in Moises Alou, well, he just seems to be injured every week. Not to mention all the back-and-fourth battles in the clubhouse among teammates themselves, mainly the Latin ball players against everyone else. Their is no leader on the team, no one to look up to as an example.

The Mets were one of the view teams I actually cheered for on a daily basis, but now I can't do that anymore. You let Willie Randolph travel across the country to manage against the Anahiem Angels, then you fire him, after the Mets won the game. Not to mention the team being on a little roll, by winning the series at home against the Texas Rangers. Right now the New York Mets are a poor excuse as a oraganization, and if you fire Willie Randolph, you might as well get rid of the General Manager, and the bums they have as players.