"Willie Watch" Continues

Not being able fill up the back pages with polished journalism like this (left) was the real reason for yesterday's media blow-up surrounding Omar's questionable timing.

It's amazing how easily public opinion is swayed by the media. Yeah, I initially thought it was bogus that the Mets fired Willie in the middle of the night (although, on the west coast, where the firing took place, it wasn't the middle of the night). I still agree that it wasn't quite handled correctly, but do you think Willie cares? Do you think it makes one bit of difference to him whether he was fired in the morning, afternoon, middle of a game, taking a shit, or in the hotel? I don't think so. Would it really make a difference to you, dear blog reader, what time of day you got fired? What matters is that he got fired, and he wouldn't be happy about it no matter when it happened. However, New York ate it all up. Everything about how classless a move it was, every last bit of it.

The only reason this is an issue at all is because the NY media and press didn't get to break the story live. By the time they splashed the backs of their papers with the news today, it was already old.

So, I'd like to know. Did Willie feel dissed by this? Or was it just the media?

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The other group of people blasting this move are Yankees fans disguised as impartial viewers. This group of pathetic people talk about how much 'class' Willie has, and how 'classless' the entire Mets organization is. However, as far as Willie goes, 'class' isn't defined as blaming your percieved lack of enthusiasm on some racist cameramen. And one douchebag writer even used this to try and make Hank Steinbrenner look better. Now that is classless.