Dear Mr. Randolph,

You are a fucking moron.

That is all.

Sincerely, Outfield

FIRE WILLIE!

I defended him last year.  I was one of the few who said he should be given the benefit of the doubt, and given another chance.

I was wrong.  He needs to go.  It’s time to fire Willie Randolph and replace him with a manager who has a clue.

In fact, it was wrong to not fire him at the end of last season.  His nonchalant, blase attitude towards everything is part of the problem with the 2008 Mets.  Part of his job is to inspire his players to perform – he doesn’t.  In fact, he is part of the reason why the Mets seem to think they can throw their gloves out on the field every day and still win 100 games.

It all started with his “the champagne will taste sweeter” nonsense last season.  This year already, I’m sick of his damn “games like this happen sometimes” and “we’ll get ‘em tomorrow” garbage.  Willie, you’re not gonna get ‘em tomorrow.  Games like this are happening too damn often.

When a manager keeps going to the well with the same schtick over and over and over again, especially when in this case said schtick appears to be “we’re still better than everyone else, go fuck yourselves,” he embeds that into the players heads.  “We must be better than everyone else – Willie told us so.  He has the confidence that we’re going to get better, so hey – let’s just throw our gloves out there and the rest will take care of itself.”

It’s becoming a pattern with this team.  Randolph has them (most of them anyway, there are a few players who legitimately seem to give a shit) so conditioned to think that they are the best team in baseball, that they think there’s no reason to even show up.  They can beat the rest of the National League with both hands tied behind their backs.  ENOUGH, already.

It’s time to give the team a kick in the ass.  Something needs to change.  What Willie is doing isn’t working.  It’s time for him to go.

Bye bye, Willie.

I hate rain…

…now I’m gonna get stuck with Mike friggin Pelfrey tomorrow rather than Johan Santana.

Of course, maybe Willie will be smart enough to just skip Pelfrey in the rotation.  Maybe…WTF am I thinking?  He’s not smart at all, let alone being THAT smart.  There goes that idea.

Damnit.