Daily Archives: June 16, 2008
During last night’s win against the Rangers, the Mets had the bases loaded in the sixth inning, with the score tied, and Pedro Martinez stepping to the plate, who had thrown 92 pitches and allowed just one earned run.
Willie Randolph pulled Martinez, and instead chose to use Robinson Cancel, who last had a major league hit in 1999.
The Shea crowd let out a raucous boo in response to Randolph’s decision, but Cancel singled to center field, driving in Carlos Beltran and Damion Easley with the game’s deciding runs.
Randolph, on the crowd reaction, talking after the game:
“Well, you know, no matter what I do it’s going to go the other way anyway. So, you know, I wasn’t concerned about that. I mean, they like me for a second and then they don’t. So, that’s the way it goes. Fans are that way. I’m just trying to win a ballgame. It was one of those iffy calls for me, because Pedro was throwing the ball great, but I just felt like we had to take the opportunity to take a crack at it – and, I guess, Cancel made me look good for a minute.”
Following the game, Cancel talked with SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt in front of the team’s dugout, but Ramon Castro interrupted the interview by slamming a handful of shaving cream in to Cancel’s face, which you can watch in the following video clip:
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Following last night’s game, Omar Minaya was peppered with questions from reporters on the current job status of Willie Randolph.
Minaya, on whether Randolph will be the team’s manager through the rest of the season, said:
“I can’t answer that. He is my manager today, and I have the right to evaluate him as we go along. Let me put it this way, he is always being evaluated…It’s a situation that I am constantly evaluating.”
In the Daily News, Adam Rubin writes that Randolph could survive the first round of firings, while citing a team insider as saying, “I think the coaches are in trouble. That may be the compromise for now.”
…the thing is, i’m not sure this is a compromise, but instead the best course of action…period…
According to Rubin, Minaya met with Randolph at length after Sunday’s doubleheader - after which the manager boarded the team bus on route to the airport.
To check out what the guys from ESPN’s Baseball Tonight had to say on the subject yesterday, click play below:
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To watch SNY.tv’s exclusive Post Game Extra, hosted by Gary Cohen and Ron Darling, including highlights and quotes from yesterday’s split with the Rangers, click here:
