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Contact The Author Name required. Email required. Comment required. September 25, pm. Instead, he was walking in to collect his own pink slip. Randolph had his eye on bigger things than coaching, however. He had numerous interviews over more than a decade as a Yankees coach—up to a dozen according to some counts. Randolph later denied those reports, and he openly began to muse about leaving organized baseball to teach the game to children.

A lingering reluctance among baseball team owners likely played a role in Randolph's repeated rejections, but Randolph himself pointed out that he needed to learn a more aggressive style. Rhoden of the New York Times. I needed to be exposed to people, to let them know me. Education: Attended Samuel J. Career: Major league baseball player, coach, and manager. Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, professional baseball player, ; Pittsburgh Pirates, professional baseball player, ; New York Yankees, professional baseball player, ; Los Angeles Dodgers, professional baseball player, ; Oakland Athletics, professional baseball player, ; Milwaukee Brewers, professional baseball player, ; New York Mets, professional baseball player, ; New York Yankees, assistant general manager and coach, ; New York Mets, manager, Selected awards: James P.

Finally Mets general manager Omar Minaya, himself a newcomer to the team, announced Randolph's hiring as manager on November 4, Randolph laid down strict rules for his new team, governing everything from hair length to behavior in practice. The first games of the season were every new manager's nightmare: the Mets lost five in a row. But Randolph showed no nervousness, telling reporters that he had slept well throughout the ordeal. By May of the Mets had a winning record and were contending for first place in their division, before slumping to eight games back of division-leading Atlanta by August.

The long-delayed managerial career of Willie Randolph was off to a good start. New York Times , July 7, , p. D1; November 3, , p. D1; November 4, , p.

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