Quote: Delgado, Wright, Wagner and Beltran
David Wright, regarding today’s drama involving Willie Randolph, while talking to reporters before today’s game:
“As players, we need to pick up our teammates, and Willie is one of our teammates and we need to go out there and play better. Wins solve everything.”
Billy Wagner, on the same subject, also before game:
“If Willie could pitch and he could catch, he would. You know, we have to play well for him. Every one knows, when the team plays well the manager looks good and when you play bad the manager looks bad. It has nothing to do with manager. We haven’t held up our end of the bargain.”
Carlos Delgado, on the current state of the team, talking to reporters prior to tonight’s game:
“I think we need to be responsible, and turn it up a notch and do whatever we need to do on the field to win some games.”
SI.com’s Jon Heyman then asked Delgado what he thinks of the situation, and whether he believes that Randolph should remain as the team’s manager, to which Delgado responded…
“I’ll tell you what I think, we need to play better. This is not about the manager. I’m not in the position to think or not think, they don’t pay me to think. They pay me play baseball.
Asked to answer the part of the question regarding Randolph, 
Delgado told Heyman, “If you wanna be an ass, I can be an ass too.”
Carlos Beltran, asked a similar question, said:
“We have to go out there and play the game. He has done his job. The thing is, when the team is winning, the manager always looks good. When they’re losing, the manager always gets the blame. I believe it should be the players. We’re the ones that are going out there and not playing at the level that we should be playing.”
Asked why more players are not coming out and demanding that Randolph keep his job, Beltran said:
“That’s not in our hands…It’s not my decision.”
…woh…okay, then…well, that is not exactly a whole ton of support now is it…message received…
…the thing is, who cares if some players support willie and some players do not…this isn’t a popularity contest…
…for these guys, it is about winning and playing exciting, entertaining baseball…end of story…if they win and hate their boss, or they lose and love him, it’s all the same…wins, and fun…that’s what counts…i could care less if they all get along…
