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Willie Randolph : Invoking The Persecution of Isiah Thomas
Published 5/20/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
In the aftermath of what had to be considered a wildly successful Subway Sweep over the Yankees this weekend, Mets manager Willie Randolph emerged from the “why are you interviewing the closer?” soap opera..and segued to a critique of SNY, as quoted by the Bergen Record’s Ian O’Connor. “They’re the artists, I’m the canvas,” Randolph said. “They paint the picture the way they want to. They want to show me when somebody gives up a home run or somebody makes an error, so they want to see me ...

Black is Beautiful, Your Managing is AWFUL
Published 5/20/2008 by slanch at The Slanch Report
... With rumors that his head is on the chopping block, the Mets came out on Sunday and bashed the shit out of the ball, winning 11-2, apparently Willie had a fiery speech before the game, both to players and to the reporters. However, during his comments with the reporters he mentioned that he thinks SNY, the Mets owned network, has been portraying him unfairly and presenting him inaccurately. ...

SNY announcers critical of Willie Randolph comments
Published 5/20/2008 by Neil Best at Watchdog
Willie Randolph took some pointed shots at SNY in Ian O'Connor's column in The Record of Hackensack, N.J., Monday. SNY's four game announcers got to point back on Tuesday's pre-game show. Here is how it went: Kevin Burkhardt: "The comments are mystifying, to be honest with you . . . It's out of leftfield . . . Now he has to answer a lot of questions about some very strange comments." Gary Cohen: "Again, the Mets are having to deal with another self-inflicted controversy." Keith Hernandez: "You've got this now to deal ...

Down, Down, Down....
Published 5/22/2008 by mr. met (noreply@blogger.com) at the metropolitans
... Willie just does not get it and should not be managing this team. Especially so after grasping for straws and attacking the fans. Really? The fans? ...

The Stable Braves, The Disheveled Mets
Published 5/23/2008 by Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... I don't remember any of those other skippers digging exactly the kind of "everybody's against me" hole Randolph dug for himself in his Ian O'Connor chat. If they did, they didn't do it in New York in an atmosphere where everybody's already on edge, where the year before was an unqualified debacle, where the ...