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2008 New York Mets
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Mike Piazza retires from baseball
ATLANTA - Ten years ago Thursday, Mike Piazza landed in New York, helping to not only turn around the moribund Mets, but also finding a new baseball home after years on the West Coast.
Tuesday, the all-time home run leader among catchers officially ended his Hall of Fame career, announcing his retirement.
"He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer - certainly the best-hitting catcher of our era and arguably the best-hitting catcher of all time," Tom Glavine, Piazza's former batterymate with the Mets, said Tuesday in Atlanta.
ATLANTA - Ten years ago Thursday, Mike Piazza landed in New York, helping to not only turn around the moribund Mets, but also finding a new baseball home after years on the West Coast.
Tuesday, the all-time home run leader among catchers officially ended his Hall of Fame career, announcing his retirement.
"He's a first-ballot Hall of Famer - certainly the best-hitting catcher of our era and arguably the best-hitting catcher of all time," Tom Glavine, Piazza's former batterymate with the Mets, said Tuesday in Atlanta.
Mets fire Willie Randolph
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 12:33 PM
ANAHEIM - The Mets have fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto, the team announced shortly after 3 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
Bench coach Jerry Manuel has been named the team's interim manager, while Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen and Luis Aguayo will join the staff.
The announcement came despite the Mets' 9-6 victory against the Angels hours earlier, which lifted the team's record to 34-35. Randolph's tenure as the organization's 18th manager ends with a 302-253 record, the second-highest winning percentage in franchise history, trailing only Davey Johnson.
The first African-American manager in New York's baseball history, Randolph was in his fourth season at the Mets' helm. He was due to make $2 million this season, and is still owed $2.25 million in 2009.
Manuel, 54, managed the White Sox from 1998-2003, and was named AL Manager of the Year in 2000.
Warthen, who was serving as Triple-A New Orleans' pitching coach, succeeds Peterson in that role at the major-league level. He rejoined the organization after spending the previous two seasons as the bullpen coach on Grady Little's Dodgers staff.
Oberkfell, a former major-league infielder, has managed the Mets' Triple-A affiliate the past four seasons. Aguayo was the Mets' field coordinator, overseeing minor-leaguers at the Port St. Lucie complex.
GM Omar Minaya, who let Randolph twist in the wind without a bona fide vote of confidence for the past month, will hold at press conference at the Angels' stadium at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday. If the Mets continue to flounder, the scrutiny will undoubtedly shift to Minaya, who is signed through the 2009 season.
The 2007 Mets, Randolph included, will forever be stained for squandering a seven-game division lead with 17 games to play.
BY ADAM RUBIN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Updated Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 12:33 PM
ANAHEIM - The Mets have fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto, the team announced shortly after 3 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.
Bench coach Jerry Manuel has been named the team's interim manager, while Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen and Luis Aguayo will join the staff.
The announcement came despite the Mets' 9-6 victory against the Angels hours earlier, which lifted the team's record to 34-35. Randolph's tenure as the organization's 18th manager ends with a 302-253 record, the second-highest winning percentage in franchise history, trailing only Davey Johnson.
The first African-American manager in New York's baseball history, Randolph was in his fourth season at the Mets' helm. He was due to make $2 million this season, and is still owed $2.25 million in 2009.
Manuel, 54, managed the White Sox from 1998-2003, and was named AL Manager of the Year in 2000.
Warthen, who was serving as Triple-A New Orleans' pitching coach, succeeds Peterson in that role at the major-league level. He rejoined the organization after spending the previous two seasons as the bullpen coach on Grady Little's Dodgers staff.
Oberkfell, a former major-league infielder, has managed the Mets' Triple-A affiliate the past four seasons. Aguayo was the Mets' field coordinator, overseeing minor-leaguers at the Port St. Lucie complex.
GM Omar Minaya, who let Randolph twist in the wind without a bona fide vote of confidence for the past month, will hold at press conference at the Angels' stadium at 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday. If the Mets continue to flounder, the scrutiny will undoubtedly shift to Minaya, who is signed through the 2009 season.
The 2007 Mets, Randolph included, will forever be stained for squandering a seven-game division lead with 17 games to play.
I would say Minaya should recieve some of the blame.
Omar does love his over the hill latin players.
Minaya is a bad general manager now, just as he was with the Expos.
It's too bad for Willie Randolph because there are far worse managers in the league right now than him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him latch on as a bench coach next season and eventually be given another shot with a club that moreso fits his style of coaching aka a team not located in New York.
Peterson is just retarded, that dude should have been fired the moment he made the statement that he could "fix" Victor Zambrano causing an even stupider general manager in Jim Duquette to trade Scott Kazmir for him.
And even still, the biggest blowhard Mets general manager of the past ten years goes to: Steve Phillips.
What a poorly run organization.
It's too bad for Willie Randolph because there are far worse managers in the league right now than him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him latch on as a bench coach next season and eventually be given another shot with a club that moreso fits his style of coaching aka a team not located in New York.
Peterson is just retarded, that dude should have been fired the moment he made the statement that he could "fix" Victor Zambrano causing an even stupider general manager in Jim Duquette to trade Scott Kazmir for him.
And even still, the biggest blowhard Mets general manager of the past ten years goes to: Steve Phillips.
What a poorly run organization.
The way the Mets handled the Willie Randoph situation is nothing short of a complete joke. Prime example of why the Mets will ALWAYS be the AAA team of New York.
Today we both go to watch the Mets against the Nationals. 
Can't say I'm going to miss this ugly stadium, lots of memories but such an ugly place. The new one looks really good so far.
Can't say I'm going to miss this ugly stadium, lots of memories but such an ugly place. The new one looks really good so far.
Billy Wagner was really upset in his press conference the other night.
I wish him a speedy recovery.
What a class act.
I wish him a speedy recovery.
What a class act.
Sometimes he can put a foot in that classy mouth though.
Examples?
I was like touched by his press conference. The guy wants to win so bad it's not even funny. That's a great trait in a ball player.
I can't get into it now (spent too much time here today) but he does speak his mind a little to much.
Good trait but he feeds into the media too much.
I'll be back with more on him later.
No problem, off to the gym anyways.
Have fun at the game tonight.
Have fun at the game tonight.
Thank you.
We had a good time even though the tickets the Daily News gave us happened to be in the nose bleed section.
A peek at the new Citifield stadium.
A look at the old Shea stadium
The scenery looking out of the Shea, the the 7 train breaker room.
A look at the old Shea stadium
The scenery looking out of the Shea, the the 7 train breaker room.
The Holiday inn...they make a great chicken cutlet parmasigion (Sic), a big one too for only $4.50.
Play ball! I need me a zoom lens camera.
Play ball! I need me a zoom lens camera.
Pretty cool sight to see the new stadium behind the outfield wall. I'm so used to seeing nothing out there.
I'm so used to seeing nothing out there.
Mets hold off Nationals in 13-10 slugfest, boost N.L. East lead to 3-1/2
That it was.
Reyes at the plate
Wright at the plate
Never realized how nice that old scoreboard is.
Another shot of the new Stadium, looking good.
That it was.
Reyes at the plate
Wright at the plate
Never realized how nice that old scoreboard is.
Another shot of the new Stadium, looking good.
Pretty cool sight to see the new stadium behind the outfield wall.
It does add to the scenery, looks better than when they had nothing at all....well there is that eyesore called the junkyard.
I hope they get rid of the place, it's grimy, corrupted by the mob, the price of car parts are near retail price.....
He's great, the kid has a good head on his shoulders, good looking, can hit and not the best 3rd baseman but he's good enough.
Damn, Heilman is really stinking up the place.
Getting ready to break the NY Mets stolen base record.
Mission accomplished!
YAY!
Mission accomplished!
YAY!
