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>After Willie – Should There Be An Omar Watch?

>Willie is done in New York, at this point it’s not if but when. The problems with this team go beyond the manager though.

Are the Mets underperforming? Definitely

However, are they a well put-together team? That is the responsibility of the GM and given the lack of depth both on the bench and in the pen, Omar has not done a good job.

John Peterson over at MetsGeek puts together a good analysis of this team from, well, a geek viewpoint.

“The Mets have been a little unlucky, but “luck is the residue of design,” and Omar Minaya hasn’t designed this team very well.

Consider the offense: Moises Alou is still a good hitter even in his forties, but it’s no secret to anyone that he misses lots of time to injury. But his backup options for Alou this year consists of Marlon Anderson, Endy Chavez, Angel Pagan and Brady Clark. Endy is the only one of the group who excels defensively, but his career 74 OPS+ is abysmal and not good enough to play for any length of time in the outfield. So the other guys are good hitters who make up for their poor gloves with the bat, right? No.”

Minaya has been overrated as a General Manager. The Johann Santana trade was a no-brainer. especially after Boston and the Yankees dropped out of the running (though questions now are coming up about Santana’s speed – seems to be off by about 5 mph). Other moves he has made though, especially the non-big name ones, when looked at with a critical eye are very questionable. Get ready for the Omar Watch.

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>Jo-Han Cannot Save You Now

> Losing with Santana on the mound doesn’t help the Willie Watch. By the time Santana starts again, someone else will be manager.

The Mets Police predict Willie will be let go after meeting with the Wilpon’s on Monday. The Mets Police predict Jerry Manuel will be named interim manager for Monday night (sorry Lee, I’m really trying).

The fanbase will be unsatisfied with the choice.

Meanwhile, The Mets Police took a field trip to Yankee Stadium last night and witnessed something – apparently managers are allowed to yell and scream and kick dirt when they don’t like a call. I know, right?

So Girardi does this yelling thing and wow the yankees won the game 5 minutes later. I hope Willie was watching in the clubhouse – eh what does it matter.

Seriously, is there anything that could possibly make anyone think Willie is the man to lead the Mets out of a tailspin?

Jerry in the dugout Monday night. Conference Tuesday. You read it here first.
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>Willie Watch – Peter Gammons: If The Mets Have Someone Else, Willie Is Gone

>Peter Gammons was just on ESPN’s Mike & Mike In The Morning Show and when asked about Randolph had this to say:

“To be honest, I think that if there were another manager out there that they thought was an immediate fix, Willie would be gone.”

Gammons continued that maybe there needs to be a fire lit under the team and that Jerry Manuel, while a good man, is too much like Willie.

Peter, as we have been saying here at the Mets Police for a few weeks now, there is someone that can step in immediately.

Let the Lee countdown clock start.

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>Willie Watch – Randolph Digging His Own Grave

>While we here at The Mets Police are clearly in favor of the Mets firing Randolph, we have restrained from name calling – not so others. There is a scathing article by Paul Ruddick at The Sports Network in response to Willie’s racial/it’s not racial comments:

“Randolph is a moron, plain and simple. It’s a desperate move to pull the race card. I am almost embarrassed to admit that Randolph was one of my idols growing up.”

He continues with something most of us have been thinking about: “I used to wonder why it took Randolph so long to become a manager. Now I know why. He is just not that good. There is a reason he was passed over for just about every job in the league. Maybe he doesn’t have the temperament to be a big league skipper.“

Ruddick goes on to suggest taht Willie’s replacement should not be Lee as we feel, but rather Wally Backman. While I love Backman and agree with Ruddick that he has been short-changed, I don’t see Wilpon willing to give him another chance in MLB.

Randolph digging his own grave in New York

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>Paul Lukas Says: Good Riddance Piazza

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Wow I thought I was harsh with my “Mike Piazza is a Dodger” rap.
Among the gems on ESPN Page 2:

When it became apparent that he’d have to move from catcher to first base, Piazza’s behavior ranged from disingenuous to manipulative.

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Quoting Piazza: I thought the DH could be a good thing for me later in my career,” he said, “but now I see that it’s bad for baseball, because the pitcher can throw at the batter with no fear of retaliation.” So what did he do after leaving the Mets? He shopped himself to American League teams with hopes of becoming a DH. None of them were interested, so he signed with the Padres, but then he went to the A’s, where he happily DH’d. Hypocrite.

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Put an L.A. cap on him and let’s pretend New York never happened.

However, I think the observations about Mike’s relationship status are lame. Who cares dude.

The piece is here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/080521&campaign=rsssrch&source=paul_lukas

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