Mets win, Willie Randolph loses

I went on Mets.com at 3:30 in the morning to check out next week's schedule only to find out that Willie Randolph has finally been put out of his misery. As expected, pitching coach Rick Peterson and and first base coach Tom Nieto have also been assassinated.

Bench coach Jerry Manuel will become interim manager / scapegoat. Life expectancy: however long the 7 train full of angry Mets fans takes.


Thumbs up for irony!

The report was apparently written at 3 am and ESPN hasn't even reported it yet. The dismissal comes only hours after a pretty impressive victory over the Angels in Anahiem (for non-Mets fans: impressive victory = not common).

So, after months of disappointing play during Shea's final year, Omar Minaya fires Randolph after a win...on the road...at 3 in the morning?

I guess the Mets wanted to keep emphasizing the whole "bad timing" thing. Typical.

- K.H. (Welcome to the jungle, Jerry)

He's in the big leagues, you idiot

Mets pitcher Joe Smith was heckling back at some rowdy Cubs fans in Wrigley Field the other day. Fortunately, there's this new internet innovation called YouTube that has a lot of videos:



I think my favorite part is when the man with the camera tries his best to narrate the scene, explaining clearly that "Joe Smith is heckling the fans over here." I guess when you're name is Joe Smith and you're just some dude in one of the major league's best bullpens, you've gotta get recognized somehow.

And telling baseball fans "you're not shit" is probably not the best way to start.

- K.H. (Not in the big leagues, you idiot)