After taking a day to take in exactly what Tiger Woods accomplished on one leg on Monday, I was fully prepared to blog about his performance in the U.S. Open.
Then I wake up to find the Mets fired Willie Randolph early this morning in what had to be the most cowardly act I've ever seen in baseball. The Mets fired him around 11 p.m. California time (2 a.m. here) and then sent a release to the media a little over an hour later.
I know a large majority of Mets fans probably felt Randolph needed to be let go, but not this way.
Mets management really disrespected a well-respected man by, first, making him fly out to the West Coast as the Mets began a road trip and then, second, by waiting until he got back from the field -- after a New York victory by the way -- to the team's hotel to fire him there.
I know by now you've heard all the reasons from Mets GM Omar Minaya that the Mets didn't want to fire Randolph in New York on Sunday because it was Fathers Day and that they didn't want to fire him prior to the game on Monday because Minaya wanted to wait until Randolph was out of uniform to give him the pink slip.
Are you kidding me?
The bottom line is the Mets took the cowardly way out and their fans can see right through it. Whether Mets fans wanted Willie fired or not, most agree that this was simply the wrong way to go about it.