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Triple Threat! - Willie, Peterson, Nieto might go!
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog — ... to fire Willie Randolph. I don't know how Willie has lasted this long with his teams play. Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto also appear targets of the purge, but hitting coach Howard Johnson is expected to be spared. Bench coach Jerry Manuel, a one-time AL Manager of the Year with the White Sox, would be expected to take over as interim manager. Triple-A New Orleans manager Ken Oberkfell and pitching coach Dan Warthen would be expected to join the staff. "It's time for a ...

The Mets are A**holes
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog — From Adam Rubin: The Mets have fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto, the team announced shortly after 3 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday. Bench coach Jerry Manuel has been named the team's interim manager, while Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen and Luis Aguayo will join the staff. The announcement came despite the Mets' 9-6 victory against the Angels hours earlier, which lifted the team's record to 34-35. Randolph's tenure as the ...

Pitching setbacks - Pedro , El Duque
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog — ... . Pitching coach Dan Warthen hoped Martinez would rejoin the team and be able to throw a bullpen session here Saturday. If Martinez can complete that session, he likely would face the ...

Pelfrey tries to top David Cone
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog — ... Dan Warthen said Pelfrey's outing here a month ago included the best three innings the pitching coach has seen thrown by a Met since he took over. But Pelfrey crumbled in a 40-pitch, five-run fourth. Warthen suggested that meltdown had to do with the pitcher trying too hard to succeed against the Marlins, which led to overthrowing and fastballs up in the strike zone. Pelfrey is a sinkerball pitcher. ...

Ollie works on his mechanics...
Mr Mets Daily — ... from Adam Rubin of the NY Daily news. Evidently there was a reason for Mets starter Oliver Perez looking as dreadful as he did in the WBC----his mechanics were off. Luckily, Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen was on his game and hopefully got Ollie back on track, the value of a good coach...  Oliver Perez had a 9.45 ERA and allowed five homers in 6-2/3 innings in the World Baseball Classic. And pitching coach Dan Warthen quickly observed upon the southpaw's return from Team ...

Could the Mets be in for a season of "Bad Ollie"????
Mr Mets Daily — ... acknowledged he needs "to pay close attention" in the next several days to Perez, who also was deemed "out of shape" by pitching coach Dan Warthen after the lefty was wild and was again tattooed in a 10-6 loss to the Tigers at ...

Mets In the Papers
The Real Dirty Mets Blog — ... Dan Warthen appeared vulnerable because the Mets issued the second-most walks in the majors despite playing in a pitcher-friendly park, but Manuel offered a positive review of the pitching coach. Manuel suggested ...