How to Fix the Mets for 2010 (hopefully)

Much like the migration of the birds, leaves changing colors, or new sitcoms on TV unlikely to last 6 episodes, a New York Mets collapse as the calendar changed to September seemed like an act of nature the last two seasons - giving Phillies and Braves fans an early Christmas gift with Met fans left to wonder if they are actually Cubs fans. However, with the cooler, rainier weather of June that resembled Autumn weather, the team decided to collapse early this year. Injuries, dropped pop-ups, and ill-advised trades for Jeff Francoeur followed leaving the Mets with a split-squad spring training roster left in the majors and only the historically bad play of the Nationals left as comfort. Omar Minaya, who received the dreaded vote of confidence from Fred Wilpon (hardly comforting considering this faith was also given to Bernie Madoff), recently declared the Mets buyers going into the deadline and was confident the team was headed for a turnaround. However, with the Phillies running a...