Terry Should Stay

       The New York Post reported Monday that Terry Collins will remain the manager of the Mets for the rest of this season and 2013, citing a team source. "There is no chance that he will be fired" the source told The Post. After all, Collins, age 63, is under contract through next season. New York management said that a successful season would be a 3rd-place finish. I agree with the Mets on this decision 100%. Although the pitching staff has been unreliable of late, and the offense has been shameful, recently going on a stretch of eight games without scoring more that 2 runs, he has lead this team to better than most people probably thought. Most writers and analysts had it set that New York would finish last in the East and be right down there with the Astros and Cubs for last in the NL. In fact, before the season, Sports Illustrated predicted that the Mets best-case scenario would to be in the playoff race until mid-June. However, Collins lead this team to an even better result than that, staying in the race until early after the All-Star break. It's obvious they've seriously slacked off since then, but Terry has done a fine job of managing this young club. In fact, this year he's done something the Mets should've done 2 1/2 years ago: he made Jason Bay a platoon player. Collins has finally noticed that Bay will never live up to his New York potential and has been switching off between players like Mike Baxter, recently-recalled Lucas Duda, and Jason. In all, Terry Collins has been a better manager this year than the Mets could've expected.