So, the underperforming Mets have finally fired manager Willie Randolph, replacing him on an interim basis with bench coach Jerry Manuel (no relation to Chuck). Pitching coach Rick Peterson, once dubbed the "CEO of pitching" by Mets owner Fred Wilpon, and first-base coach Tom Nieto also were dismissed. No surprises there.
But it's how it happened that has the folks in New York buzzing this morning.
After making Randolph, Peterson and Nieto travel cross-country for the start of a West Coast trip in Anaheim (the Mets won last night, by the way), the Mets fired them in their hotel rooms after the game and communicated the dismissals via e-mail to the team's beat writers at 3 a.m. Eastern time.
Stay classy.
Can't wait to hear what Billy Wagner has to say about this. Something tells me he'll have an opinion.
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