Dear Fred and Omar,
You have a manager that isn’t going to make it. You have a cranky fanbase you need to appease so you can sell tickets at the fancy new ballpark (and how much will those cost by the way).
Time to find a fan favorite who has managerial experience. He already works for you and Fred you’ll like this, he’s from Brooklyn.
The Hire Wally Backman Blog has this to say:
Lee Mazzilli is a possibility. On his post-game analysis for SNY after the Vargas fiasco, Maz made what I perceived as some veiled and valid criticisms of the Mets’ manager, which already makes him preferable to Randolph in my book. I have no idea how good Maz was in Baltimore, since I don’t really follow AL baseball. Some say he got a raw deal, that he’s a good manager. He’s got to be a step up from Randolph. A Big Mouth Billy Bass would be a step up from Randolph.
Th rest is of that article is here: http://hirewallybackman.blogspot.com/
And here’s some more folks who agree:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.sports.baseball.ny-mets/2008-05/msg00933.html