Mets travel to Coors Field

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The New York Mets, fresh of a nightmare trip to Atlanta, now head out to Coors Field to try their luck against the Colorado Rockies. Things can hardly get worse for the Mets having lost all four games against the Braves. Perhaps when they land, they may want to try some of the local product to help forget Atlanta:

I am just trying to help the Mets out anyway I can.

On a serious note, this really is a very important weekend for the Mets as rumors of manager Willie Randolph's firing heated up drastically after an awful week for the skipper in which he made some unfortunate comments regarding race, then saw his team get swept by the Braves.

It will be interesting to see if his players have his back or not, because at the moment Willie's future lies in their shaky hands....not a good place to be Willie!

That being said, I have been wondering when GM Omar Minaya will start getting some heat. After all, Minaya is the one who put this sometimes dysfunctional bunch together, yet he somehow seems to escape scrutiny. While Willie Randolph certainly bears much of the blame, especially for the Mets lack of focus and piss poor fundamentals. Still, Willie can only coach what he has. As they say you can't make chicken soup out of chicken s**t.

New York Mets quick hits for 5/23, 5/24 and 5/25:

• The Mets enter the weekend with a record of 22-23, 4.5 back
• the Rockies are 18-29, 10 back
• The Mets placed Moises Alou on the 15 day DL
• 5/23 starting pitchers are Oliver Perez vs Greg Reynolds
• 5/24 starting pitchers, Claudio Vargas vs Jeff Francis
• 5/25/starting pitchers, Joh Maine vs Jorge De La Rosa