Open letter to the McCourts on Ned Colletti: Please Fire Him

I do not usually write baseball entries, but I am desperate.

Ned Colletti, the General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, must be fired as soon as possible. Simply put, he has failed the Dodgers. He has spent a lot of money while allowing the team to descend into a state of unwarranted mediocrity.

Here are the people he has signed for the Dodgers who have gone on to under-produce:

Jason Schmidt - injuries
Bill Mueller - retirement
Nomar Garciaparra - injuries
Andruw Jones - injuries and terrible (multi-year) slump
Rafael Furcal - injuries

Here are the players whom he had no reason to expect numbers in proportion to the salary they were offered:

Julio Lugo
Mark Hendrickson
Wilson Betemit
Ricky Ledee
Randy Wolf
Luis Gonzalez
Mike Lieberthal
Roberto Hernandez
Esteban Loaiza

How many shortstops does a team need? How many Center Fielders? Why pay players a great deal of money when they have a history of injury (Nomar), surgery (Schmidt) or bad performance (Jones), who force the healthier, more consistent players to change positions (Juan Pierre)? Why entrust the team to a person who has found a way to turn the dugout bench into a Chavez Ravine branch of the Federal Reserve?

The Dodgers have hired a great many veterans in the last few years, and their young players have been the primary support and production. This is one way to keep young players on the team, but it is not a way to win a championship.

Please, Mr. and Mrs. McCourt, fire this man, before he digs the franchise into a deeper hole.