Ugly, Ugly Loss

Where to begin on today’s Mets 9-1 loss to complete the 2 game sweep for the Cubs at Wrigley?
I guess I’ll start with good ol’ Willie Randolph. He saw it necessary to start Brady Clark in LF today, with Angel Pagan in RF and Ryan Church getting a day off. There was absolutely [...]

Fire Willie!

If you missed today’s SNY broadcast, you missed an unbelievable piece of info reported by Gary Cohen:
Willie Randolph said today that he thought there was something wrong with Derek Lee (who was on 3B as a base runner) picking up the foul ball in last night’s game but Willie didn’t make a big deal out [...]

Joel Sherman: Willie Is Overusing Heilman

In his Hardball blog for the New York Post, Joel Sherman points out that Aaron Heilman is being overused.
Willie Randolph seems so determined to prove that he is in Aaron Heilman’s corner that he is going all Joe Torre-to-Scott-Proctor on him. Heilman leads the NL in appearances (12) and his 225 pitches are among the [...]

Mr. Met Converts to Judaism (Conan O’Brien)

On last night’s Late Night With Conan O’Brien, Conan did a bit where he said that Mets fans were jealous that the Pope appeared at Yankee Stadium and as a result, Mr. Met converted to Judaism. Typically silly/funny stuff from Conan…
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For Those Of You Not Keeping Score At Home…

Mets record with Luis Castillo not batting 2nd: 8-0
Mets record with anyone else but Castillo batting 2nd: 2-8
But who needs statistics and facts when you have an all knowing gut like Willie Randolph?

Forgetting Aaron Heilman

Dear Aaron Heilman,
I want to trust you…but I can’t anymore.
Granted, the 8th inning last night was not all your doing. If Jose Reyes doesn’t commit that error, who knows what might have been?
But the truth is Aaron, the problems run deeper than just last night. This relationship went south some time ago…and I [...]