Read: Just Win, Willie, I mean, Bill R
According to Joel Sherman in the New York Post, Willie Randolph was empowered by the Wilpons on Monday.
Sherman explains, “The Wilpons, according to people familiar with the meeting, made the message simple to Randolph: Just win, baby. They told him not to worry about benching players with big salaries (think Carlos Delgado) or publicly demanding better 
efforts from players performing poorly (think Mike Pelfrey ). They told Randolph all they cared about were results: wins.”
…which is why, from what i understand, his job hinges on wins as well…all is nice now, as it should be…but, if the team hits another slide like the week before, he’s going to be in serious trouble…
According to Whats Hoof, Randolph is no longer the team’s manager anyway, as he’s been replaced by his alter-ego, Bill R., a man who is joking with reporters in press conferences, arguing with umps, pumping up his team on the bench and, most importantly, winning baseball games.
…that’s pretty funny, and pretty clever…i’ve noticed people using Bill R. when referring to the new willie in the comments section on MetsBlog.com as well…nicely done, guys…
