I have never had much faith in the idea of changing a manager for a MLB franchise in the middle of a season, primarily because I believe that players win games; managers have VERY little to do with it. However, the Met's managerial change this year appears to have motivated more than a few players. I tried to search online to find if there had been a team prior to this year that had changed managers after 60 games and won the division and/or pennant, but I was unable to find any hard stats. Does anyone have an example where this happened? What are your opinions of this sudden turnaround in NY? Pretty much the same players; Nixon and Alou on the DL; Pedro's performances since his return not being a factor, etc. The only real change has been the manager.

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