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As a stubborn rain soaked Yankee Stadium on Friday, things were no less stormy inside the visitor's clubhouse, where the Mets spent the afternoon in full damage control mode. The concrete walls were suitable for the club's bunker mentality, and when the door closed for the anticipated team meeting, it was time to clean up the mess created by Billy Wagner 's comments from the previous day. ... [link]

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The Subpar Subway Series and Its Sub Rosa Subplots
Published 5/18/2008 by Jay (noreply@blogger.com) at The Futility Infielder
... and fueled speculation that manager Willie Randolph's job is on the line. Though Wagner apologized to Delgado , it's clear he's become a go-to guy in the team's unhappy clubhouse, the heir apparent to ...

Joey Cora To Manage Mets?
Published 5/28/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... cited here, but it evidently said that Joey Cora is high on the Mets' list of possible replacements for Willie Randolph. Cora is currently the bench coach of the White Sox, though. I've never heard of a guy switching organizations mid-season. One of the most publicized problems with the Mets is tension between some of the Latino players and some of the white players. Billy Wagner called out Carlos Delgado for not talking to reporters after a game; Wagner later apologized to Delgado. Perhaps Cora, who's Latino, but has played, managed or ...

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