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Mets Do the Right Thing and Fire Jared Porter

The Mets acted decisively Tuesday morning when they fired their recently installed general manager Jared Porter, just hours after the story broke that he sent inappropriate texts and photos to a female reporter. Firing him was obviously the right thing to do (even the Wilpons would have done it!), but the fact that the Mets acted so quickly was a refreshing change.

In the past, faced with these types of crises, the Mets would waver, spending a few days deliberating what should have been an easy decision. How long was Carlos Beltran kept twisting in the wind? But no, Steve Cohen was on Twitter announcing his decision while most of us were still having our morning coffee (not me — I’m not a coffee guy.