Lackey, Angels ruin Manuel’s debut (AP)

New York Mets pitcher Johan Santana walks off the mound after giving up a home run to Los Angeles Angels' Jeff Mathis, left, as Mathis trots around the bases during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 17, 2008, in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels won 6-1.

Late the previous night, Jerry Manuel was asked to replace his good friend and jogging partner, Willie Randolph, as the New York Mets‘ manager. Although John Lackey and the Los Angeles Angels beat New York 6-1 Tuesday to spoil his debut, Manuel and the Mets players believe they will turn things around.


Randolph: ‘Not the way I would have handled it’ (AP)

New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya pauses during a news conference before the Mets' baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, in Anaheim, Calif, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Manager Willie Randolph was fired Tuesday because the losses and the speculation about his job were hurting the team.

Willie Randolph figured the New York Mets would fire someone. He just didn’t think general manager Omar Minaya would pick him. “I thought he was talking about whacking a couple of my coaches,” the ex-manager told several New York-area newspapers Wednesday outside his home in Franklin Lakes, N.J. “That’s why I was stunned.


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