Jerry Manuel 現在在那裡呢？ 「答案是…………」 各位看倌，看以下的文章就會明白了，所以，各位請慢用。 10/03/08 7:34 PM ET Manuel, Mets agree to new contract Two-year deal includes option for third year, sources confirmed By Marty Noble / MLB.com NEW YORK -- One day after Jeff Wilpon suggested the Mets might use "addition by subtraction" as a means of improving the team for 2009, the process has indeed been implemented, though hardly as anticipated. The Mets have added a manager and removed -- i.e., subtracted -- a word from the job title. Jerry Manuel no longer is "interim." He is the Mets' manager, period. A day after general manager Omar Minaya said he "probably" would continue to negotiate with Manuel, he did so, and Manuel agreed to a contract for the 2009 and 2010 seasons that includes an option for 2011. The agreement, confirmed by several people familiar with Mets developments, was expected to be announced Saturday. Minaya hardly seemed pessimistic about signing Manuel Thursday, saying "We'll see how it ends up, but I always think of good things and good endings" during the conference call that followed the announcement of his own contract extension. Manuel's status as the 17th manager in franchise history is underscored by the contract as well as the reversal the Mets executed after he succeeded Willie Randolph in the early hours of June 17. The team that had lost 35 of 69 games under Randolph won 55 of its final 93 games with the former White Sox manager. Clearly, the club weighed more heavily the overall reversal than the final 17 games of the season, during which the Mets squandered a 3 1/2-game lead in the National League East. The second-place finish, the Mets' second in two years, was the fifth for Manuel. His White Sox teams placed second in the American League Central in 1998, 1999, 2002 and 2003, third in 2001 and first in 2000. Manuel being appointed as the permanent manager -- as permanent as any man with that title -- was considered a foregone conclusion well before the Mets' fall from first place, and it hardly appeared to be an issue after the fall. Owner Fred Wilpon spoke quite favorably of Manuel Sunday, hours before the loss to the Marlins that ended the Mets' season. Randolph, who had no big league or Minor League experience as a manager, signed a three-year, $1.875 million contract late in 2004. After the Mets finished one victory short of the 2006 World Series, Randolph was given a contract extension -- three years for $5.65 million -- though it took until January 2007 for a deal to be struck. Manuel, who turns 55 in December, had sought a three-year contract, according to one person within the Mets' hierarchy. The club wanted to limit his contract to two years. The option for a third season was the compromise. The two years were said to put Manuel in position to earn $2 million, that person said. But he was unsure if that total reflected Manuel's salary or his salary plus a third-year buyout. --

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