Minaya instead has used Willie Randolph as his personal scapegoat a whipping boy perhaps It

Minaya, instead has used Willie Randolph as his personal scapegoat, a whipping boy, perhaps It is time for the Wilpons to fire Omar and start of fresh. While I don’t believe that Willie Randolph should have been fired, he has made some questionable moves, for instance taking out Mike Pelfrey and Johan Santana while the tandem was pitching shutout, only to see closer Billy Wagner cough up the lead right in front of their lives. When will Omar Minaya learn? Randolph’s dismissal was one of the most classless acts I ever seen in my entire life. Why did Minaya let Randolph make the trip to Anaheim instead of firing him after the road? What makes Minaya think that Interim Manager Jerry Manuel will do a better job than Randolph.

The shiptitled, the New York Mets is sinking fast, proving many notions that the 2006 campaign was a fluke The longer this goes on the fans will be longing for 2006. . Finally Arsenal fans can breathe: the prolonged speculation as to Samir Nasri’s destination has come to an end.The signing was supposed to take place before the start of the Euro 2008tournament but was put off due to some “wage difficulties”. Further problems seemed to dent Arsenal’s chances of signing the “the new Zinedine Zidane”, as Athletico Madrid joined the race for the Frenchman.However, Arsenal have emerged on top and won the race (more like a marathon) and Arsene Wenger can now claim signing number two.The 20 year old french midfielder hasreportedly signed a four year contract at theEmirates according to the BBC and various sources. With France knocked out of the European Championship, a formal statement is expected to be released within thecoming days.Things arebeginning to take a beautiful shape for Arsenal already and all I can say is, Welcome Home Samir!. They have been stuck in the same division as the Braves since 1995 who had dominated the division until the past couple of seasons.  The Phillies broke through in winning the division in 2007 and are positioned to make a run this season.The Eagles won the NFL Championship in 1960 but have lost two Super Bowls since then.  They lost Super Bowl XV to the Raiders and Super Bowl XXXIX to the Patriots.  QB Donovan McNabb has led the Eagles to five division titles in nine seasons but has yet to claim the ultimate prize. The Flyers won back to back Stanley Cups from 1974-75 but lost in the Stanley Cup Series six times since then.What do you think?  Which town is most tortured and why?  Please feel free to share your opinions. .

Squawking Baseball has long been one of my favorite websites to check out. The author does a great job of not overloading the readers through not making several posts a day. This is something I have tried to emulate by keeping my posts to a daily routine, when possible, and trying to keep it at no more then one per day. I personally feel there is a lot of excellent articles to read online, why should I hog up all your time? Also, if I am out writing an article a day, how would I possibly have time to read all the other outstanding stuff out there?All that being said, Squawking Baseball is self proclaimed as “Wall Street analysis of Major League Baseball’s player market”. Furthermore, the stated purpose of Squawking Baseball is,[To]stay in front of the trends, play the cards right, and, hopefully, stay in contention.That’s where we come in We are baseball people first and foremost.

Despite tender ages (mostly early to mid-20s), everyone on our staff has experience in a Major League front office, as well as outside businesses. Some of us also happen to be Wall Street junkies, consistently beating the stock market by staying ahead of the curve. What we hope to create with this blog is an outlet for us, and others, to look at the market for baseball talent with the same kind of thoughtful, diligent outlook.This is precisely what drew me to Squawking Baseball and has continued to draw me in. That is, the discovery of baseball through an economic perspective. There are plenty of rumor websites, plenty of team blogs, plenty of sabermetric websites, but very few that are dedicated to understanding how and why managers exploit the market-although, isn’t the ‘why’ obvious?This week’s article of the week is a look back on Major League Baseball’s Rule IV draft. Shawn of Squawking Baseball asks, ‘Is the Draft Efficient?’In this post, the author (Shawn) discusses the merits of baseball’s current draft system. Shawn acknowledges the system which allows the players to make up their salary demands, which in some cases results in inferior players being selected due to signability.