October 22, 2021 • 1 min
Willie Randolph was a second baseman, coach, and manager during an 18-year baseball career, playing for six different teams, most notably the New York Yankees with whom he won back-to-back world titles against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has joined ESPN as a post-season baseball analyst, beginning in September 2013. Mainly, he appeared on Baseball Tonight and provided updates during Monday and Wednesday night September network telecasts.
At the end of his playing career, he ranked fifth in major league history in games at second base (2,152), ninth in putouts (4,859), seventh in assists (6,336), eighth in total chances (11,429), and third in double plays (1,547). Upon retiring as a player, he joined the Yankees as a coach for 11 years. He later served as manager of the New York Mets from 2005 to June 2008, leading the Mets to a league-best record and NLCS in 2006.
At the end of his playing career, he ranked fifth in major league history in games at second base (2,152), ninth in putouts (4,859), seventh in assists (6,336), eighth in total chances (11,429), and third in double plays (1,547). Upon retiring as a player, he joined the Yankees as a coach for 11 years. He later served as manager of the New York Mets from 2005 to June 2008, leading the Mets to a league-best record and NLCS in 2006.
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Here's another radio baseball card. NewYork Yankee second baseman Willie Randolph fulfilled a
lifelong dream and only a second yearin the big leagues. We'll hear about
the nineteen seventy seven World Series rightafter this. In nineteen seventy seven,
(00:21):
Willie Randolph played in his first AllStar Game, which happened to be at
Yankee Stadium. As exciting as thatwas, it was just the tip of
the iceberg. Now you have understandI'm moving like twenty two years old.
We were in New York at thetime. Again, I grew up in
the city knowing that, you know, one day hopefully I could play Major
League baseballs. And here i am. I'm in the World Series, playing
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for my family and friends. AndI had a home run. They had
a home run up Don Gullett inthe second when the third game in the
World Series. And to me,that was like the biggest thrill. I
mean, as a kid, youcan you dreambout the dreams are made of.
I mean, come on, Imean, how how biby can you
get? I mean, I'm runningon the basis and it's almost like I'm
in a I gonna vacuum, almostlike the crowd was going nutsball. You
(01:03):
can hear it was like a hushowthe crowd. That's what seemed to me.
It's almost like you can hear likekind of like that, I'm actually
floating around the basis and looking athim the stands and just fulfilling a dream.
And that to me is the ultimate, you know, dreaming as a
kid and also being right there andreliving it and living it. You know,
it's amazing. The Yankees beat theDodgers four games to two in that
series, which will always be rememberedfor Reggie Jackson's three home runs in the
(01:26):
final game. With radio Baseball cards, I'm Don Drysdale,
Here's another radio baseball card. NewYork Yankee second baseman Willie Randolph fulfilled a
lifelong dream and only a second yearin the big leagues. We'll hear about
the nineteen seventy seven World Series rightafter this. In nineteen seventy seven,
(00:21):
Willie Randolph played in his first AllStar Game, which happened to be at
Yankee Stadium. As exciting as thatwas, it was just the tip of
the iceberg. Now you have understandI'm moving like twenty two years old.
We were in New York at thetime. Again, I grew up in
the city knowing that, you know, one day hopefully I could play Major
League baseballs. And here i am. I'm in the World Series, playing
(00:42):
for my family and friends. AndI had a home run. They had
a home run up Don Gullett inthe second when the third game in the
World Series. And to me,that was like the biggest thrill. I
mean, as a kid, youcan you dreambout the dreams are made of.
I mean, come on, Imean, how how biby can you
get? I mean, I'm runningon the basis and it's almost like I'm
in a I gonna vacuum, almostlike the crowd was going nutsball. You
(01:03):
can hear it was like a hushowthe crowd. That's what seemed to me.
It's almost like you can hear likekind of like that, I'm actually
floating around the basis and looking athim the stands and just fulfilling a dream.
And that to me is the ultimate, you know, dreaming as a
kid and also being right there andreliving it and living it. You know,
it's amazing. The Yankees beat theDodgers four games to two in that
series, which will always be rememberedfor Reggie Jackson's three home runs in the
(01:26):
final game. With radio Baseball cards, I'm Don Drysdale,
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