West Coast
Jun 17 2008, AP

Once he decided to fire Willie Randolph, New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya caught a flight to the West Coast, went to the team hotel and waited to deliver the news in person.”Eye to eye,” Minaya said Tuesday. “It was done quick.”Even if it...

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