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Wake Me Up When The Mets Start Playing Baseball
Published 5/16/2008 by mr. met (noreply@blogger.com) at the metropolitans
... quickly turning into a disaster. * * * Ha! David Sloan? Bat shit crazy. "That a joke too? You're a funny guy." And then, at 12:46 pm, in apparent celebration of Mother's Day, David Sloane, the agent for Carlos Delgado, wrote back the following e-mail, which I present to you in its entirety: "So's your Mom." Nice. I am officially sick of Delgado and his agent. Klap thinks the Mets are out of control. At some point, winning players have to ...

Opinion: Underachieving, and Credibility
Published 5/16/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... According to Bob Klapisch in the Bergen Record, Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya are ‘running out of time,’ adding, “They’re actually reaching a tipping-point moment, when Jeff Wilpon calls (them) into his office and says: one of you two is fired. You choose.” ...

Klapisch Helps Willie Pack His Bags
Published 5/16/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... prior to this evening’s game in the Bronx, the Bergen Record’s Bob Klapisch claims the club is awfully close to “reaching a tipping-point moment, when Jeff Wilpon calls Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph into his office and says: one of you two is fired. You choose.”  Presumably, only Minaya’s opinion will count. ...

Open Chat: Are Willie Randolph's Days Numbered in New York?
Published 5/23/2008 by Rich at Baseball Analysts
With a losing record after having been swept four games in a row by the Atlanta Braves, a divided clubhouse, and no public support from the owners, how long will it be before embattled New York Mets manager Willie Randolph is fired? Can general manager Omar Minaya escape the heat? Should Willie and/or Omar be fired? If so, why, when, and who would you suggest as the new skipper and GM? If one or both should not be fired, tell us why? Let's hear it from our readers.