Ah Mets. You fired the guy you would eventually name your All Time Manager.
The link has a full Times article which is fun to read. Some quotes from Ronnie about curfews. Stunning to me that Buddy was the age I am now (45) and Davey only two years older.
”I felt our ball club was underachieving,” said Frank Cashen, the general manager of the Mets, who made the decision to dismiss the 47-year-old Johnson. ”The time came to head in a new direction. I talked to the team about underachieving and having fire in the belly. I want this team to focus on winning because winning is what it is all about.”
Source: Johnson Dismissed by Mets – Harrelson Named Manager – NYTimes.com
Totally coincidentally (we are not that smart) Jason Fry and I discussed buddy on this week’s I’d Just As Soon Kiss A Mookiee (your favorite Mets and Star Wars podcast). You can hear that part of the discussion at 56:30
