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BY ANTHONY McCARRON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER At a press conference before the Subway Series rainout Friday night, Willie Randolph made "a joke, a tongue in cheek kind of thing" about his head being "on the block" and his job being in jeopardy. If there's truth in jest and Randolph really is...
So what do we make of the Mets now? They followed a horrible loss with perhaps their best all-around game of the season. They executed on defense, they persisted on offense and they most certainly looked as if they cared out there. Willie Randolph . . . genius! Or, as a smiling David Wright said...
We were sitting in the solitude of the visiting manager's office at Yankee Stadium - a place where Willie Randolph felt strangely secure. His players would not be arriving on the bus from Shea for another half hour, but outside in the clubhouse - where a copy of the Daily News with Randolph's...
Ever since the dawn of his slump last September, Jose Reyes has struggled to spark the Mets as he has done in years past. But after a meeting with his shortstop, Mets manager Willie Randolph concluded that the struggles had nothing to do with his shortstop's state of mind. Instead, they were the...
Willie Randolph greeted reporters at his news conference this morning by telling them — in jest? — that he had a bodyguard wearing a bulletproof vest stationed toward the back of the room. Not being here Friday night, I can’t tell you how the scene in the Mets locker room looked and sounded. But...
By BART HUBBUCH May 17, 2008 -- Embattled Mets manager Willie Randolph received a tepid vote of confidence from GM Omar Minaya last night at the same time Randolph was trying to put out the latest Billy Wagner verbal brushfire. Asked if Randolph was in danger in light of the team's 20-19 record...
RANDOLPH MUST FIX APATHY OR HIT ROAD May 17, 2008 -- WHEN last season ended miserably, the Mets' front office identified four areas that had to be upgraded. The Mets felt the club needed a No. 1 starter, and the response was Johan Santana. They believed improved defense was needed behind the...
RANDOLPH'S YANK PALS COME TO HIS DEFENSE May 17, 2008 -- Andy Pettitte, who has known Willie Randolph for years because of their time together with the Yankees, is rooting for Randolph to stay as Mets manager. "Obviously, I know him well and I wish him nothing but the best, so you never want to...
Willie Randolph again said, when he was asked Friday about one last regular-season trip to Yankee Stadium, that he isn't the type to look backward very much. That is a trait that could come in handy, given the job jeopardy rumors that have started following him wherever he goes.
It's hard to deny the obvious: This baseball season's first Subway Series has lost some of its lustrous appeal. Friday's dark, gloomy conditions didn't help the deteriorating sense of spring fever that usually accompanies a Mets-Yankees series. What's different this May? Let's start with the...
It's hard to deny the obvious: this baseball season's first Subway Series has lost some of its lustrous appeal. Friday's dark, gloomy conditions didn't help the deteriorating sense of spring fever that usually accompanies a Mets-Yankees series in the spring. What's different this May? Let's start...
