Nov 9th 2008 12:25AM by B (author feed)
It was reported in the middle of the night during a West Coast road trip that former New York Mets head coach Willie Randolph will join former New York Mets coaching instructor/electronics salesman/candle salesman Tom Nieto in the wonderful world of gainful baseball employment. He has been named “bench coach” for the Milwaukee Brewers under new manager Ken Macha. As a lifelong follower of the American League whose only working knowledge of the Mets is Faith and Fear in Flushing, two questions spraing to mind:

Why did Willie Randolph settle for bench coach when he probably (probably) could’ve gotten a better coaching job elsewhere, and
Does Getty Images have a hatless picture of Willie Randolph?

The answers are simple. I don’t know, and yes! Tonight’s Dugout is after the jump.Continue Reading