WILLIE: SHEA FANS A DRAG

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 6
Published 5/6/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... . Yahoo.com's Tim Brown reports that they're in different places . . . and not just geographically. Speaking of geography, thinks have gotten so bad at Shea Stadium -- Mets fans can't get past last September -- that Randolph says the team prefer to be on the road. (New York Post) ...

Quote: Players not Concerned with Negativity
Published 5/6/2008 by Matthew Cerrone at MetsBlog.com
... and New York Post each report on statements made by Willie Randolph prior to yesterday’s game against the Dodgers. ...

WILLIE AND OLLIE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON, LACK OF FOCUS
Published 5/6/2008 by kranepool at Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog
... Look I could get all stupid with wise ass remarks about Willie Randolph and Mets manement getting all weepy over the fact that the Diamondback fans were nice an polite to their team (I guess it was lost on What Me Worry Willie that the D’Backs had the best record in the NL coming into the weekend series) and how the big bad Mets fans hurt the little feelings of his over paid prima donnas but I‘ll let up as Willie just goes out and keeps digging his own grave. If you’re going to come out and rip your fans at least be funny like Ozzie Gullien. Randolph should take heed from the ...

Willie Opens Can of Worms
Published 5/6/2008 by joe at Mets Today - The Hot Stove Edition
... “In our mind, we moved on,” Randolph said of last season’s historic meltdown. “Obviously, the fans are having a tough time moving past that.” (NY Post) ...

The Fans’ Problem
Published 5/7/2008 by John Peterson at Mets Geek
From the New York Post: “In our mind, we moved on,” Randolph said of last season’s historic meltdown. “Obviously, the fans are having a tough time moving past that. This is the kind of attitude that I detest from Randolph, and the Mets organization as a whole. I alluded to it in my blog weeks ago: How long will the Mets allow this manager to perpetrate this message to his players: “we are here to earn paychecks, nothing more,” a message that finds its way out on the field, into the stadium ...

Your Milwaukee Brewers 2009 Coaches, Part One
Published 9 days ago by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball
... No experience As a manager, major leagues: NY Mets, 2005-2008, 302-253 Randolph was hired to manage the Mets despite never having managed at any level. As a bench coach, though, he brings about as much experience as you can ask for, having served for over a decade and won four World Series in that role. From the early results in a Google search for Willie Randolph: Randolph was "stunned" by his firing in New York. He complained about fan negativity at Shea in May. He later apologized for those comments. The ...