SNY voices unamused by Willie Randolph comments
Willie Randolph took some pointed shots at SNY in Ian O'Connor's column in The Record of Hackensack, N.J., Monday.
SNY's four game announcers got to point back on Tuesday's pre-game show.
Here is how it went:
Kevin Burkhardt: "The comments are mystifying, to be honest with you . . . It's out of leftfield . . . Now he has to answer a lot of questions about some very strange comments."
Gary Cohen: "Again, the Mets are having to deal with another self-inflicted controversy."
Keith Hernandez: "You've got this now to deal with. It’s hard to believe, but it’s happened and I’ll be very curious to see how this team responds."
Ron Darling: "One of the things you hate is when a reporter comes up to you and says, 'Did you see what happened in the paper?' Or, 'Did you read what happened?' No, I didn’t. And he tells you the comments and then you have to make a comment on it. You know what it’s doing? It's stopping you from doing what you're supposed to be doing: getting ready for the game. That’s part of the problem we have now is that the manager has chosen to make comments about things that you would think that for him should be water under the bridge. Who cares what anyone says? You care about wins."
Here is Lennon's latest blog post on this.
One of the strangest things about this story is how slowly it unfolded, given the fact the original column appeared in Monday morning's paper.
"Most of the New York papers kind of ignored it today," Cohen said during the second inning this afternoon. Yo, Gary, not Newsday!
(UPDATE: Here's more from during the game itself:
“Why is Willie wasting any time watching us, for one, and two, I just think it’s wrong,’’ Darling said. “I think his comments are wrong. I think some of the best things we do are watching not only Willie, but also his staff, go about their business educating these young men on how to play the game.’’
Said Keith Hernandez: “In my 17 years of major league baseball and 10-plus years of being up here in the booth, I’ve just never heard of a manager make those kinds of comments before, and I’m really quite surprised that Willie made those comments. It absolutely took me completely by surprise.’’)
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Comments (6)
If this team isn't ten games over by midseason, can Willie, bring Keith and Ron down from the booth and let 'em run the show!
I would be insulted too if I was labelled as a racist with an agenda. This isn't Boston, it's NYC! However, you work for the company that owns the team, you have to take the hit when someone suspects you are being told to say/or do something. Look at the Dolans, look at M. Kay/Kim Jones vs. Torre and the production vs. Don Zimmer. Why should Cohen and the 2 ex-Mets get away scot-free??
Boy this story flew under the radar for awhile, just as ol Mr. Horwitz would have liked it ... but good old Newsday picked it up ... then of course the windbags at WFAN ...
Never saw anything about this in the Mets paper of record and the other SNY column of record, The New York Daily News and Raissman.
I wonder ....
I do not believe it was as much as a shot at The Holy Trinity of Mets TV than the production team under Bill Webb who really cares more about showing more of fan reaction than instant replay.
You guys in NYC are getting exactly what you deserve...over critical, over analytical and never shy about making a big deal about nothing. The entire news media continues to be sensationists and wingbags. Think about it, if your boss rode your fanny like the press rides NY sports teams...you'd probably head to better employment. OBTW, yeah, Billy Wagner!!!!!!!!!!!
The press are not the bosses. They wish they were. There's a difference.