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Dave Rouleau posted by Dave Rouleau vote down flag
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com - 6/17/2008
Mets Fire Randolph
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Despite winning 3 of his last 4 and showing signs of turning things around, Willie Randolph was fired today by the New York Mets. Wow...unreal. The Mets named Jerry Manuel interim manager, replacing Randolph. Manuel, in his fourth season with the Mets, had been bench coach since 2006. The Mets also named Ken Oberkfell, Luis Aguayo and Dan Warthen to the coaching ...
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