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Mets Manager Apologizes for Calling Critics Racist

'It was a mistake,' says Randolph

By Doug Sweeney, Newser Staff

Posted May 22, 2008 4:07 AM CDT

(Newser) – Two days after Mets manager Willie Randolph lashed his critics for being "racial," he apologized for what he said, reports AP. The first black manager of a New York baseball team had suggested in an interview with a columnist from The Record that... Read full story »

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