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So Tim Marchman is calling for Willie Randolph’s head , and I disagree. The gist of Marchman’s diatribe: Unless a manager is a genius, all one can ask him to do is not actively harm his team’s chances. Randolph doesn’t pass this test. Under his leadership, the Mets failed to play up to the level of their talent in 2005, did so again last year, and are doing so once ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Monday, May 5
Published 5/5/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... ; others, like the blog Mets Today, disagree. It's my experience that once a manager gets to this point in the public arena, his departure is only a matter of time. ...

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