Willie Randolph is employed once again

Former Mets manager and "True Yankee" Willie Randolph has been hired by the Brewers as bench coach for new manager Ken Macha. Here is my favorite part of the AP report on Willie's hiring:

"Randolph said that he called Macha to congratulate him and catch up on old times. Macha offered him the bench coach job about four hours later. “I was really shocked and flattered he called me back,” Randolph said."

It seems like Macha was trying to decide on a bench coach and said, "Hey, who was that dude who called me a few hours ago? Randolph? OK let's give him the job!" Terms of the contract are not disclosed, but he will be "double dipping", as he is still owed $2.25 million next season from the Mets. The Brewers make their first and only visit to Citi Field the weekend of April 17-19 next season. I expect the New York media to unnecessarily work itself into a frenzy re-living Willie's firing in June 2008.

Fun fact: Macha replaced Art Howe as A's manager prior to the 2003 season, and Willie replaced Howe as Mets manager prior to the 2005 season.