Which is less likely, that the Mets would replace Mickey Callaway with an accomplished veteran manager or that such a manager — be it Joe Girardi, Dusty Baker or Buck Showalter — would be willing to enter the team’s tangled, dysfunctional orbit?



Girardi already has worked for one meddling owner, Jeffrey Loria with the Marlins. Baker got Lerner-ed by the Nationals’ father-son ownership team. Showalter’s Machiavellian tendencies — which faded for a time with the Orioles before general manager Dan Duquette drove him to distraction — are just what the Mets deserve, not that they would be smart enough to hire him or either of the others.



The Mets, in case you’re wondering, do need to make such a move. While Callaway hardly has distinguished himself in his year-plus at the helm, it’s fair to wonder whether any recent first-time manager — Alex Cora, Aaron Boone, Rocco Baldelli, take your pick — would have...