ok Nats2Playoffs I'll play....Fire Manny and his entire coaching staff right now. who replaces them? and what will this new Manager do to improve *this* team, as it stands right now. and how much will *this* team improve. let's hear it.
The Mets promoted a former MLB manager who was a current coach and also promoted the coaches from the AAA team to the MLB team. We don't have a promotable coach on this team, so
bring up the Columbus manager and entire staff. (Give their jobs to Little League or college coaches. They finish in Sept anyway. Let Lo Duca coach them.)
The Mets couldn't POSSIBLY improve by doing this, say the hand-wringers, but they DID. What would happen here? Kearns would no longer hit cleanup, and Bonaducci would not lead off. Look at Bergmann's recent stats - he collapses every other game. So give him a short leash... or tell him that Bowden just got fired. The second time just say, "I was kidding before, this time he really WAS fired... until the Lerners actually do it.
Somehow the Colorado Rockies played in the World Series last year. But wait, they didn't have a $100 million payroll and didn't even have the best players. It's too bad that Acta has a lifetime job, and doesn't have to do anything to earn it except show up. He can drill the players on fielding, tell Lenny Harris to STFU when he tells players to hit to the opposite field, tell Colome to work on control more than speed, OPEN his freaking mouth when batters swing at every single first pitch.
