Saved By A Rainout?
With all the speculation about Willie Randolph’s status one has to wonder if yesterday’s rain out may have helped Willie keep his job through the weekend. Ownership has apparently given up their support of the Mets manager and general manager Omar Minaya has given the vote of confidence that history tells us is usually the kiss of death.
But after the good Oliver Perez showed up on Friday night to stave off a firing all speculation moved to Saturday’s game as the possible last game for Randolph as the field manager of the New York Mets. But then that game got rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader today giving Willie at least one more day.
So now what? I have to believe that a split will be good enough for Randolph to keep his job going into this week’s visit to Anaheim to play the Angels. Even under the best circumstances you can’t expect to sweep a doubleheader. No, I’d venture to guess that the only way Minaya could fire Randolph before the weekend is out would be if the Mets lose both games or Willie does something detrimental to the organization. The latter is out of character and highly unlikely. The former, though, is a distinct possibility.
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If the game has bearing on the standings I’d figure it would be played on Monday. If all races are decided by then I’d figure the game wouldn’t be made up and the teams would get away with playing one less game than a full schedule. I could be wrong.
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If the 9/25/08 game is rained out, when will it likely be replayed?