Wilpon humbled by Randolph firing

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newyorkmetsdaily newyorkmetsdaily posted 7/24/2008 from newyorkmetsdaily.com [flag]
In front of a crowd of media Wednesday afternoon, Mets owner Fred Wilpon did something you don’t often see owners do: he admitted he was wrong. [link]

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Early Morning Madness: Numero uno edition

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 7/24/2008 from theropolitans.com

Bob Raissman has quotes from Fred Wilpon where he admits to screwing up the Willie Randolph firing. From Raissman: Fred Wilpon said he learned something from firing Willie Randolph. And it is this: The next time he fires a manager he'll do it in the light of day, when reporters are not sleeping. --- "I said (to Omar Minaya) 'When are you going to do this?' He said 'After the game (Me
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Further Musings

m_taylor13 posted 7/24/2008 from seamheads.com

With six days of baseball after the All-Star Break, the author had a lot of ideas, but none deep enough to fill an entire column. Here are some more random musings… Just saw The Dark Knight… It was one of the better movies I’ve seen in years. It totally lived up to the hype. In my opinion, it transcended the genre of “comic book movie.” It was an insanely intense crime movie, ...
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North American

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 7/23/2008 on www.bloomberg.com

Mets Owner Wilpon Says He `Screwed Up' How Randolph Was Fired By Danielle Sessa July 23 (Bloomberg) -- New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon said he mishandled last month's firing of manager Willie Randolph . General Manager Omar Minaya should have waited ...
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New York Mets in 1st Place - Hard to Argue?

smackcaster.com posted 7/24/2008 from www.smackcaster.com

I thought Willie Randolph had the stuff to be a manager - he watched Torre for many years and was a baseball lifer. But it's impossible to argue with the turnaround of the Mets after his departure.
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Mets Owner Says He “Screwed Up” on Randolph Firing

The Biz of Hockey :: The Business of ... found this 7/24/2008 on www.bizofbaseball.com

Fred Wilpon , the owner of the New York Mets said yesterday that he “screwed up” by allowing general manager Omar Minaya to fire manager Willie Randolph after a West Coast game against the Angels, instead of waiting until the next day ...
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