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Wilpons, Mets need to clean clubhouse

Forget cosmetic changes in the post-Minaya era -- no one on Mets roster should be safe

Updated: October 5, 2010, 7:47 AM ET
By Rob Parker | ESPNNewYork.com

NEW YORK -- Finish the job, Wilpons.

Don't stop at general manager Omar Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel. It was the right call to fire both Monday after a second straight losing season in Queens.

The Mets, for all the money spent and talent, should have been better. Not just this year, but the past five years.

And if you are serious about making the Mets relevant again (was 1986 really 24 years ago?) and giving fans a reason to go to Citi Field in 2011, you must clean ...

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