Allow Me A Moment
I have nothing much to say about the Yankees at this moment, other than are we really getting Billy Traber again? But, I do have something to say about a former Yankee, Willie Randolph, and his firing by the Mets this morning.
To force your manager to fly across the country, manage a game and then fire him when he returns to the hotel is probably (I am searching my memory here) worse than anything Steinbrenner did. It certainly seems like the kind of move he might have made in his prime 25 years or so ago and I simply can't believe that the Mets stooped to that level. To further try and hide it by sending out a fax at 3-something in the AM New York time is disgusting.
You can certainly make a compelling case that Willie deserved to be fired. The end of 2007 was hideous, 2008 hasn't been much better. But, he deserved to be fired and allowed to walk out the front door. Joel Sherman said it best in his blog post today:
"Mets ownership, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, completed the impossible: They have made Hank Steinbrenner appear the level-headed baseball owner in town."
Wow
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Randolph's firing was handled in a tactless, classless and completely undignified manner. But only Steinbrenner gave us Billy II-III-IV-V (and was planning on VI). And only Steinbrenner fired Yogi after 16 freakin' games. It's gonna take years of crassly vulgar behavior before those amateurs over at Shea are in Steinbrenner's league. The sheer volume of the man's life work is breathtaking!
Posted by: Anonymous | June 17, 2008 11:14 PM |
I was thinking about the Yogi firing, but I thought this was worse just because of the way it was handled. Now, if you bring in George's life work (Howie Spira, etc) that's a whole different kettle of fish. I only hope that the Mets don't get to that point!
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June 17, 2008 11:34 PM
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ANYWAY...as for today, it's Jake Peavy versus Darrell Rasner. If Rasner manages to get a W today, Im officially starting the fan club. Whos in?
Posted by: ian | June 18, 2008 08:46 AM |
Well, now I can go back to hating the Mets again.
Posted by: corey | June 18, 2008 10:51 AM |
Peter: Sorry, I forgot to provide my name and email address for the first post.
Ian: I'm in. Here's to dreaming about miracles!
Posted by: Greg | June 18, 2008 11:59 PM |