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  <title>Willie Randolph fired</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2008-06-17T08:59:35-04:00</published-at>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T06:39:49-04:00</created-at>
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        <created-at>2008-06-17T13:19:10-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Before last night, I was hoping that the Mets would turn it around and save the season.  Now, I really hope they don't get anywhere.  Yes, Randolph had issues both with his decision making on the field and how he handled his players in the clubhouse, but he wasn't the one batting or pitching late last year and early this season.  Blame Reyes, Delgado, Beltran, Heilman, Wagner and anybody else you can think of (I won't blame Galvine; it should have never come down to the final game last season).  But to fire him like this?  Mets don't deserve anything after this debacle.  I believe Jerry Manuel is a good manager, and an all around good guy.  But he's too good a guy to be in this organization after what happened.  If he was smart, he'd leave, not only to save himself, but to also teach this organization how it feels to get screwed over unexpectedly.</body>
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        <body>A real picture of the lack of class of this organization. I am a 25 year Mets fan and have never thought about rooting for another team. My family has a season ticket package which will now sit in my desk unused. Was Willie great? &amp;quot;No&amp;quot;. Did his actions warrant flying him and his fellow coaches across the country, winning a game, and them firing him in the middle of the night? I am embarrassed to be a Mets fan today. The General Manager should be fired and the team should be sold to other &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; ownership who view people as people and not as paychecks and social security numbers!</body>
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  <body>After weeks of speculation that his job was in jeopardy, Willie Randolph finally got fired by the New York Mets while most fans were sleeping.&amp;nbsp; So what do you think?&amp;nbsp; Should he have taken the fall for his team&amp;#39;s woes?&amp;nbsp; Will Omar Minaya be next?&amp;nbsp; And how would you fix the Mets?</body>
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