Torre Says Wins Will Help Mets Win Back Fans

MetsBlog.com found this 5/6/2008 on www.nytimes.com [flag]

Joe Torre is gone from New York, but he has a pretty good idea of what it will take for fans at Shea Stadium to stop raining boos on the Mets at the drop of a bat. [link]

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Quote: Players not Concerned with Negativity
Published 5/6/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
The New York Times and New York Post each report on statements made by Willie Randolph prior to yesterday’s game against the Dodgers. …from what i can gather, having watched his pre-game presser, randolph was asked if the team is more relaxed playing away from Shea Stadium, where his team’s fans have been rather negative of late… Randolph told reporters that he and his players play hard and are trying to win every baseball game every night, regardless of what city they are in. ...

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Willie Randolph thinks that the current Mets road trip is good for the team, because it takes them away from the hostile Shea fans. Brad Bortone thinks Willie needs to just go.

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TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 5/6/2008 from theropolitans.com

A lot of people are getting very sick of Willie Randolph . That's understandable, as the very expensive Mets are only two games over .500. Here's my issue: I've never seen more fickle fans.

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