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SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
BILL BUCKNER WAS INNOCENT |
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ANGRYWARD
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| FLUSHING, NY— Forgive my rehashing of yesterday’s news but can someone again explain why they couldn’t fire these guys here in New York? Nothing made the Mets look more backwards than allowing Willie Randolph, Rick Peterson, and Tom Nieto to board a plane to California, win a game against the Angels, and then get canned sometime after midnight as most of the east coast slept or was watching "The Witches of Breastwick" on Cinemax. What, Omar didn’t want to ruin Willie’s Father’s Day? I’m sure getting fired on Sunday or any of the weeks prior to this one would have been far preferable to Randolph than the slow water torture he endured the past month. I couldn’t believe it, but even I started pulling for him in the face of what this organization was putting him through. Omar can try to explain his timing all he wants but in the end he forced these guys to fly across the country so that he could dump their bodies in the La Brea Tar Pits. Not that many here will miss these guys, but few would disagree that they probably deserved a more professional dismissal than what they got. To paraphrase Jesus Quintana: “Omar, you might fool the f***s in the league office but you don’t fool Jesus. This bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man. Ha!” Speaking of Omar, the Mariners dismissed their own bumbling GM, Bill Bavasi, on Monday. This was long overdue and after the M’s got swept at home by the Nationals, Seattle ownership pulled the lever on the trap door he was perched atop. Should their manager John McLaren go too? Perhaps, but all along Bavasi took the blame for putting his worst-in-the-league team together and ownership was inclined to agree. Mr. Minaya can only defend his team as “underperforming” for so long before he’s sent packing as well. In true Mets form this will be done after the Wilpons send him to Venezuela to sign some prospect, then have the bellhop hand him his pink slip as he checks into his hotel room in Caracas. Switching subjects, we absolutely need to comment further on Chien-Ming Wang’s sprained Lisfranc ligament and tendon tear. Hank Steinbrenner, God bless him, responded in his usual blowhard fashion calling for the NL to adopt the Designated Hitter. His hilarious comments are too numerous to post here but they were nevertheless backed by NY Post brain donor Kevin Kernan. Someone needs to tell Hankenstein that running is a normal part of baseball at any level. Maybe Hank would like his precious hurlers to pitch from behind a batting practice screen as well? He should also invest in bulletproof pope mobile bullpen cars. You can never be too safe. So where does this all leave us? Beats me. A few things seem certain. Major League Baseball’s schedule maker has it out for the Mets. Is someone in the league office collecting credit card bonus points on all of this ridiculous east coast-west coast-east coast-west coast travel the Metropolitans have been doing? Jerry Manuel will get a standing ovation the first time he gets thrown out of a game for arguing. Several weeks from now Jeff Wilpon will spot Howard Johnson behind the batting cage and say: “Didn’t we fire that guy?” And Hank Steinbrenner will continue talking out of his ample hindquarters. One final thought on Willie: Is he still going to coach in the All Star game? If so, what uniform will he wear? A Chico’s Bail Bonds uni would seem appropriate on so many levels. |
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Cookie
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Agreed agreed. I think Omar must be the biggest coward on two legs. Clearly, he waited and waited for what everyone wanted done-- and waited too long. So, he sheepishly agreed (finally), smelling his own impending doom-- and fired Willie, Peterson and Nieto in the most spineless way possible.
I am guessing Omar thinks that he might have bought himself some credit for his future... but not likely. He should start packing his bags now.
Nope... tis another bit of salt in Willie's wound. He won't coach the All Star game. He ain't a coach anymore... so he's relegated to the cheap seats or watching it on TV. I'm guessing he won't really care though.
Hanks comments were.. Hank. Ri-dic-ulous. More to come though.. the season is still young. |
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Dude
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| AW- you are forgiven, i think the chico's bail bonds unis should be worn by the whole mets team for the remainder of the season. |
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Sam's-a-fan
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| Did you say "Ridicurous?" |
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AZ Crazy
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AW- I knew there was a reason I needed to renew my Cinemax subscription.
More about Wille--there is a perfect explanation why the events unfolded like they did. This is an obvious example of why people shouldn't be drunk dialing or emailing at 3:14am. This has to be the logical explanation. Anything else would be a total farce.
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Bayside
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| I missed being the laughingstock of New York sports. AAHHH it's nice to be back. |
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