Great Article On Willie's Stubbornness And How Bad Mota SUCKS

www.observer.com/2007/why-man-pitching-pennant-race-1
"Mota’s numbers are ugly—a 6.02 ERA, 8 home runs in 52 1/3 innings. He throws just two pitches, a 96-MPH fastball and a changeup at around 84-86 MPH, and he's been unable to command either consistently all season.
Put those numbers in a historical context, and Randolph’s stubbornness ranks among the greatest oddities in recent baseball history."

"On Sept. 16 against the Phillies, after Carlos Beltran tied the game at 5, Randolph brought in Mota to start the sixth inning. Walk, error, walk, and Mota’s day was done, leaving the bases loaded. Three days earlier against Atlanta, Mota entered the eighth inning with the tying runs on base. A base hit later, the game was tied. On August 28, Mota served up a game winning home run to Ryan Howard, after Randolph asked him to pitch the ninth and tenth innings of a tie game against their rivals for NL East supremacy."

"The 2007 Mets have three late-inning options with an ERA 3.16 or lower—Pedro Feliciano, Aaron Heilman and Billy Wagner—and all three have ERAs under 3 in September. Should the situation call for a righty specialist, there is Jorge Sosa (.195 BAA from righties). The lefty specialist is Scott Schoeneweis (.217 BAA from lefties). Also available is top pitching prospect Mike Pelfrey, who entered Wednesday’s start with a 3.48 ERA since his 95-96 MPH fastball returned, 20 strikeouts in 23 innings, and only one home run allowed. Joe Smith, who was sent to the minors for struggling, has a season ERA of 3.29—nearly half of Mota’s."

"In fact, his 6.02 ERA ranks 57rd-highest among all relief pitchers with at least 50 innings since 1950. That’s National and American Leagues, every team.
But among the 56 worse than Mota, only three pitchers belonged to a first-place team."

Now This is Willie Randolph On Mota

"I'm going to keep going to him," Randolph said. "He's still got some of the best stuff in our bullpen. He needs to continue to work to be more consistent with things. Right now, he's just going through one of those situations where he just can't seem to get a break, but that's going to turn around for him, that's going to change." (MLB.COM)

So Logic tells us that Willie is an idiot, and one of the worst managers in baseball.