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Thanks for nothing, Tom Nieto

By Howard Megdal
Special to Page 2

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Lost in the media turmoil surrounding the firing of New York Mets manager Willie Randolph and pitching coach Rick Peterson was the long-overdue dismissal of first-base coach Tom Nieto. While Randolph was blamed for his failure to prevent 2007's epic collapse, and Peterson was faulted for his inability to summon decent performances from Guillermo Mota and Aaron Heilman, a careful study of the recent Mets failures clearly indicates that Nieto has been the problem. The overall numbers say it all. ...

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