BOOS FOR WILLIE'S AMAZIN' MESS

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And That Happened
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... . You gotta love the Post's account: "There are losses, and then there are soul-crushing nightmares that send teams spiraling and get managers fired." Sounds about right actually. The Mets open up interleague play against the Yankees tonight, followed by three game series against the Braves. I'd say that if they don't go 4-2 through this stretch, Willie Randolph is a goner. ...

Baseball Today: Friday, May 16
Published 5/16/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... , leaving the burden to players, like him, who don't duck into the trainer's room or out the door. (New York Daily News) Wagner called out Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado by implication -- though the New York Post reports Beltran actually did speak -- and promised the situation "will be reconciled [Friday]." ...

Dont Blame Billy
Published 5/28/2008 by Bill Baer at Baseball Digest Daily
... there and decide that he doesn't have it today, and so be it. This seems like it's motivational rather than a finger-poke in the chest. What was so wrong about that? Far be it for the media to blow something out of proportion, right? Comment #2: Thursday, May 15, 2008 After a 1-0 loss to the Nationals in which the Mets made a host of base running blunders, including Carlos Beltran’s getting doubled off at third base to end the game, only a few Mets hung around to talk to the media. One of them was Wagner and he wasn’t happy about his teammates not hanging around to own up to ...