Cohen's Corner

In light of the recent fiasco involving the Mets, I find it hard to keep from posting some of my views on the matter.

I find it a total disgrace that the Mets brass was bold enough to place Willie Randolph on a plane after the manager claimed that he demanded GM Omar Minaya not put him on the plane if he were indeed fired.

To make matters worse, the fact that the firing came after a beautiful 9-6 victory over the L.A. Angles of Anaheim, and the fact that it was Tony Bernazard, Randolph's arch rival in the orgainization, who brought Willie to Omar's room to get whacked in the middle of the night adds, to the complete embarassment.

Minaya can tell us that his decision was a "tough call," but the fact remains that Minaya looks really bad; the blood is on his hands; his credibiltiy is tarnished, and it will take more than acquiring a big star to erase that.

Simply said, the Mets will have to win games in order to save Minaya from the wrath of Jeff Wilpon.