McCarron: Randolph knows how Mets feel about takeout slide

Willie Randolph is taken out on a hard slide by Hal McRae in the 1977 ALCS. Despite his anger at the play, Randolph says the Mets need to avoid retaliating against Chase Utley and Dodgers.The old feelings die hard, so when Willie Randolph is talking about perhaps the most famous takeout slide in baseball history — the one where Hal McRae crashed into him at second base with a rolling body block that further inflamed an already white-hot rivalry — Randolph gets animated at the memory.

“I was so pissed I threw the ball into their dugout,” Randolph says. “I was livid. I was fired up. I was pissed that (Fred) Patek was able to scoot home with a run.

“I’m not sure I hit anybody. I hope I did. But…