Note: Willie on SNY at 7 pm
Tonight at 7 pm on SNY, Kevin Burkhardt sits down for an exclusive SNY Spotlight interview with Willie Randolph.
According to SNY, “Viewers will see a lighter 
side of the Mets Manager as he discusses a range of topics including what Jackie Robinson meant to him growing up, the historic Mets collapse in 07, Barry Bonds and steroids, as well as Johan Santana coming to the Mets.”
Randolph, speaking about the Collapse, while talking with Burkhardt…
“I didn’t like the way things were feeling to me, I’ll admit that. I could just sense, and I have a good feel for the pulse of my team, so I could sense that we were on our heels a little bit obviously, but to the last day…to the last day Kev, I had a feeling…I knew we were going to win it. I was supremely confident. I’ve always been that way with my players. They were confident, even though you could see there was a little bit of a different body language, there wasn’t as much enthusiasm, but that happens when your struggling so that’s natural, but I felt to the last day until Glavine took the ball, that we were going to win that game, and possibly go to Philadelphia for a playoff game.”
…man, i am super eager to see how willie handles this coming camp and to hear what he has to say to his players when they all gather for the first time on Feb. 21…i expect him to revert back to Camp Willie, the no-nonsense, focused, overtly-professional camp that he brought to the team in his first year…at that time, i worried that he was turning the team in to the Yankees…but, i know realize what that style accomplished…and i see now that it could be of use again…it doesn’t have to be permanent…but, after last year’s end, this team must be 100 percent about winning…nothing more…nothing less…
