Posts Tagged ‘ Bench Coach ’

Manuel Makes Mets Look Smart

Jul 11th, 2008 | By Joe McDonald | Category: Featured Stories

FLUSHING, NY – Things have sure changed around here at Shea Stadium over the past month. The Jerry Manuel era is in full swing with the transition period complete and the team winning games like it’s 2006 all over again.
Six games in a row will calm any clubhouse but this is not about the streak, [...]



Willie’s Firing Harkens Harrelson Back to 1990

Jun 22nd, 2008 | By Joe McDonald | Category: Baseball Stories, Top Stories

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Late at night as the Mets were on the road, the team fired its manager as the highly regarded club - just a season and change off a game 7 loss in the NLCS – floundered a few games under .500.

New York was supposed to dominate, because a Cy Young winner from Minnesota came to the club and the lefthanded closer was considered one of the best in the league.

Does this sound familiar?



If Willie Goes Manuel is not a Bad Choice

Jun 15th, 2008 | By Joe McDonald | Category: Featured Stories

 
FLUSHING, NY - Willie Randolph may have been the only one at Shea last night thankful for the rain out. No game meant he still had a win in his back pocket from Friday, and the good will from Oliver Perez’s performance was the only thing not washed away from the storm.
The manager, though, still [...]