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)