Former New York Mets manager Willie Randolph is still shocked about his firing 17 years later.

During a radio interview with WFAN’s Brandon Tierney and Sal Licata on Thursday , Randolph said he still has bad feelings since he was let go amid a rollercoaster three-year stretch in 2008.

“When I got fired, I was shocked,” Randolph said. “I can’t believe it to this day and not getting another shot is even crazier.”

Randolph took over as Mets manager in 2005. A year later, the Mets (97-65) rolled to the best record in baseball and came within a game of the World Series, falling in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series.

Then came the Mets’ infamous collapse in 2007, and after a 34-35 start to 2008, Randolph was fired and never given a manageria

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