The Daily Grind

-The Randolph firing finally came out of the New York Mets early this morning around 3am. I am sure I am not the first to tell you this. It's a truly bizarre situation. The team wins 3 out of 4, they are on the West Coast, its 3AM, and that's when the second shoe drops? No one was surprised to see Randolph's tenure come to an end, but the timing was sketchy. This all leaves a black mark on the Wilpon family and GM Omar Minaya. How could Omar and the owners make him fly to California knowing he was going to fire him? A real classless act.
Jerry Manuel will be the next manager of the Mets. He has previous experience as a manager with the White Sox. I think his tenure in Chicago was a mixed bag, and I certainly don't expect him to wave a magic wand and correct the problem in Queens. I would have brought in a fresh face, but that is tough to do in-season. It's unlikely that Manuel will keep the job going into the 2009 season unless the Mets make the postseason. This team, at 34-35, can turn it around, they haven't played one game with their anticipated 25-man roster. Players like Jose Reyes, David Wright and Aaron Heilman have probably underperformed. So there is hope.
Omar Minaya says on Friday, before the Rangers series that Willie's job was safe. After the team wins 3 of 4, he fires him? It really doesn't make any sense. Two big questions: What could have changed in the mind of Omar over a successful weekend? Since I am sure that ownership had a hand in this, how could they have ratcheted up the pressure on Omar to do this over a successful weekend?

-I am wondering if The Dallas Cowboys should just grant Terry Glenn his release. Glenn has been very adamant about not wanting to sign the team's injury waiver, that would drop his salary from 1.7 million to 500,000 if he gets hurt again. Jerry Jones has stood his ground, demanding the waiver be signed before Glenn steps onto the practice field. With Terrell Owens, Patrick Crayton, Sam Hurd and Miles Austin, the team survived without him last year, they can do it again this year. The Cowboy's achilles' heel last year was their secondary defense, not their receiving corps.

-Rotoworld.com is reporting that Chauncey Billups will be left off the Team USA roster, making it likely that Deron Williams, Chris Paul and Dwayne Wade will all be on the team. I am surprised to see Wade on the team, if I were Pat Riley, I really wouldn't be happy about this. Wade has never played an 82-game regular season in the NBA. Wade has missed 95 games in five seasons. I know Billups' hamstring was a concern, but it shouldn't make Wade a default choice for the team. And I don't care that Pratt doesn't want me to talk about it.

Its a short one tonight, I'm heading to the Garden for a basketball game...

Old School Rap Video of the Day:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iOJRwfTqWbM
"Time 4 Sum Aksion"-Redman
One of the most underrated rappers of all time. I know, he's made his funny movies, tv specials. But he's recorded some solid tunes.


Miscellaneous Video of the Day:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ccgXjA2BLEY
Bubb Rubb and Lil' Sis. I am sure a lot of you have seen this. It's a great video. The whistle's go woo-woo...