As most of you know, I am a die-hard Yanks fan. That being said, I still follow the Mets because most of my family roots for them. When I heard that Willie Randolph had been fired and learned about the circumstances around in which the message was delivered, I just thought it was such a lack of class.
Managers get to play the hand their dealt. They don't pick the players on the team. Maybe the Wilpons should have fired Omar Minaya, the General Manager, since he was the one who overpaid for some very aging veterans. Kind of like how the Mariners leadership finally woke up and fired another GM loser - Bill Bavasi. Rob Neyer talked about how this move was about 3 years too late. Couldn’t have agreed more.
Maybe Willie Randolph deserved to get fired, but how the message was delivered and the timing of that message was pretty uncool. Also how the Yanks handled the Joe Torre contract last fall was also very disrespectful. And while I agreed a change needed to be made, Torre did bring lots of happiness to many Yankee fans in the late 90s.
In other baseball news, you may have noticed that I have not been blogging about that topic as much. I think for the first time in a long time, the Yanks are in a transitional year. The good news is that I think we have 3 solid starters in their early 20s who can make a difference over the next few years. And while the team has been decimated by injuries, including the most recent one to Chien-Ming Wang, the hitting is starting to come around. If Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte can get to a consistent pace, there may be a shot as Joba develops into a starter.
But you have to give props to the management team over in Tampa Bay with how the Rays have been playing. It’ll be interesting to see if they can hold on as it is a long season. And the Yankee bats seem to like the warm weather.
Managers get to play the hand their dealt. They don't pick the players on the team. Maybe the Wilpons should have fired Omar Minaya, the General Manager, since he was the one who overpaid for some very aging veterans. Kind of like how the Mariners leadership finally woke up and fired another GM loser - Bill Bavasi. Rob Neyer talked about how this move was about 3 years too late. Couldn’t have agreed more.
Maybe Willie Randolph deserved to get fired, but how the message was delivered and the timing of that message was pretty uncool. Also how the Yanks handled the Joe Torre contract last fall was also very disrespectful. And while I agreed a change needed to be made, Torre did bring lots of happiness to many Yankee fans in the late 90s.
In other baseball news, you may have noticed that I have not been blogging about that topic as much. I think for the first time in a long time, the Yanks are in a transitional year. The good news is that I think we have 3 solid starters in their early 20s who can make a difference over the next few years. And while the team has been decimated by injuries, including the most recent one to Chien-Ming Wang, the hitting is starting to come around. If Mike Mussina and Andy Pettitte can get to a consistent pace, there may be a shot as Joba develops into a starter.
But you have to give props to the management team over in Tampa Bay with how the Rays have been playing. It’ll be interesting to see if they can hold on as it is a long season. And the Yankee bats seem to like the warm weather.