Tuesday, October 08, 2002
Mets given OK to interview Randolph for manager post
Baseball notebook
The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The New York Yankees granted third base coach Willie Randolph permission Monday to talk with the New York Mets about the team's vacant manager's job.
“Willie's got all the credentials to manage,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. “The one thing he doesn't have is experience. He was a championship player and a championship coach. He is New York battle-tested.”
The Mets fired manager Bobby Valentine last week and interviewed batting coach Chris Chambliss over the weekend.
Randolph, who played for the Mets at the end of his career, has been a frequent candidate for managerial openings and nearly took the Reds job two years ago. He interviewed last week with the Detroit Tigers.
BONDS BALL: Lawyers for two men embroiled in a dispute over ownership of Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run ball said Monday they'll seek the assistance of a retired judge to mediate the case.
But in heated rhetoric outside Judge Ronald Quidachay's San Francisco courtroom, Alex Popov and Patrick Hayashi appeared no closer to making an agreement.
“I'd just like this piece of baseball history returned to me. That's the most important thing,” said Popov, who claims he caught the Bonds home run ball on Oct.7 last year at Pacific Bell Park, only to lose it in a scrum to Hayashi.
Popov said two previous mediation sessions did little to assuage either side. Popov said he wants the ball and Hayashi just wants cash.
Hayashi maintains he's not willing to part with it without exhausting his legal options.
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Mets given OK to interview Randolph for manager post
