Should The Mets Fire Jerry Manuel?

With a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday Ricky Nolasco (11-7, 4.35 ERA) and the Florida Marlins moved into a tie with the New York Mets for 3rd place in the NL East:

June 23rd seems so long ago, when the Mets inched into within 1/2 a game of the division leading Braves and had a 3 game lead over rival Philadelphia and 6 games over the hated September spoilers, the Florida Marlins.

That day was significant because it was then that the Marlins organization decided their team was underachieving and a managerial change was needed.  Exit Fredi Gonzalez and enter Triple-A manager Edwin Rodriguez.  As Mike Dodd and Mel Antonen of USA Today reported, club owner Jeffrey Loria explained that the move was made with only winning in mind:

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We believe we can do better and be better. We owe it to our fans to put this team in the best possible position to win. Everyone knows how I feel about winning. That’s the reason we’re making this change. We still have a very long season in front of us, and plenty of time to turn things around.”

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WHAT?  I mean this guy had to be out of his mind!  Let me get this straight, your team is underperforming, the manager has seemingly lost control of some of the players and your fans are calling for heads to roll.  So your response as an owner is to recognize that a change is needed and act accordingly?????  Wow, as any New York Met fan can tell you, that is how things are done in Crazy Land.  Apparently, as if that lack of logic could be any more flawed, Loria and Team president Dave Sampson were actually on the same page.  Sampson said:

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