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Relief Efforts: Do managerial changes affect closers?

By Eric Karabell
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Not that I was any big Willie Randolph fan, but I did find it a shame that his Monday night/Tuesday morning firing came in part because the Mets were playing poorly, and by poorly, some could imply Billy Wagner was at fault. Wagner did blow three consecutive outings last week, and a pair of Mets wins became Mets losses. Wagner allowed six hits and six runs in 2 2/3 innings, walked a few hitters, permitted a few home runs -- it wasn't pretty. The thing is, this wasn't Randolph's fault. He made t ...

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