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• AMAZIN'LY PITI-PHIL

  TO ONE METS FAN, COLLAPSE IS OLD HAT

  By MIKE VACCARO

  OK, fella, you think you've been suffering? You think you've been bleeding? You think you've been waking up in the middle of the night listening to your own screaming? You think you'...more >

• GLAVINE TURNS DOWN OPTION

  By MARK HALE

  October 6, 2007 -

  As expected, Tom Glavine turned down his option yesterday to return to the Mets in 2008. Glavine had a $13 million vesting option. The deadline for his decision was yesterday, but he was a long...more >

• GLAVINE UNLIKELY TO EXERCISE OPTION

  By MARK HALE

  October 4, 2007 -

  Tom Glavine has to let the Mets know tomorrow whether he will be exercising his player option for next season. Figure Glavine is going to decline it, but that doesn't mean he can't return to...more >

• MLB PROBES SCOTT

  By MARK HALE

  October 3, 2007 -

  At some point, Met reliever Scott Schoeneweis is expected to speak with Major League Baseball regarding an ESPN.com report that said he received multiple steroids shipments in 2003 and 2004 while...more >

• OMAR MADE RIGHT CALL IN KEEPING MANAGER

  By KEVIN KERNAN

  October 3, 2007 -

  OMAR Minaya made his first good decision of the Mets much too early offseason yesterday by keeping Willie Randolph as manager. If Minaya had fired Randolph, it would have been another loss for the...more >

• WILLIE'S BACK

  RANDOLPH NEVER THOUGHT JOB WAS IN JEOPARDY

  By MARK HALE

  October 3, 2007 -

  Willie Randolph said he didn't have any fear of being fired and now that he's back, he won't have any fear of being fired next year. Randolph's job status was confirmed yesterday...more >

• METS TRY THE MAIL REVIEW

  RANDOLPH, MINAYA WILL SINK OR SWIM ... TOGETHER

  By MARKHALE and JOELSHERMAN

  October 2, 2007 -

  Omar Minaya's future is now tied directly to Willie Randolph. Mets ownership has ordered Minaya to recommend either the firing or the retaining of Randolph with the proviso that the GM's...more >

• LETTER TO MET FANS AMAZIN'

  By DAVIDK. LI

  October 2, 2007 -

  The Mets officially apologized to their fans yesterday: Sorry, our bad. In an extraordinary statement of regret for pulling up lame down the stretch, the team e-mailed supporters to recognize the...more >

• OH MY! OMAR IN QUITE A BIND

  By JOEL SHERMAN

  October 2, 2007 -

  THIS is Omar Minaya's mess. It might turn out that Minaya is a better politician than talent evaluator, great at accepting bouquets in good times, but better yet at ingratiating himself to upper...more >

• HERE'S HOW METS CAN BE GREAT IN '08

  By MARK HALE

  October 2, 2007 -

  A FEW weeks ago, before the Mets began their meltdown, GM Omar Minaya declared he wanted Tom Glavine to return next year. Yesterday, Minaya had downgraded his interest. "We'll be talking...more >

• AMAZIN' APATHY

  GAP BETWEEN PLAYERS, FANS HUGE

  By MIKE VACCARO

  October 2, 2007 -

  THE workers were busy yesterday at Shea Stadium. Up and down the lower stands, men with paint rollers were touching up the orange box seats, sweeping sunflower seeds out of the bullpen and dugout...more >