Jerry Manuel was fired as manager of the New York Mets, who missed the postseason for the fourth straight year with one of the biggest player payrolls in Major League Baseball. The Mets also said that Omar Minaya would be relieved of his duties as general manager and executive vice president of baseball operations. There was no immediate word on successors for Manuel, 56, or Minaya, 51. Minaya said he was leaving the team. The Mets had a 79-83 record this season and finished in fourth place in the five-team National League East Division. Manuel’s two-year, $3 million contract expired at the end of the season and the Mets said in a statement that they wouldn’t pick up his option or offer a new deal. Minaya has two years and about $2.5 million left on his contract. “We are extremely disappointed in this year’s results and the failures of the past four seasons,” Jeff Wilpon, the Mets’ chief operating officer, said in a news release. “We need to hire a new general manager with a fresh perspective who will transform this club into a winner that we want and our fans deserve.” Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...omar-minaya-after-again-missing-playoffs.html
