Well, first off, you're assuming they're looking to fire him at all. We don't have any real indication of that. Certainly waiting to see how the rest of the road trip goes wouldn't exactly be out of the realm of possibility. It's not like managerial firings in baseball only happen on "off days." In fact, looking ahead, next Monday's game in Washington is a day game, while the game at Miller Park on Tuesday is in the evening. Certainly, that would leave time for Melvin and company to make any decisions. I'm apt to agree with you, but I also wonder if these games against the Pirates and Nationals would be indicative of anything....like, if they go 4-2 against those two particular teams, is that enough to save Ned's job? In my own personal opinion, Ned already hasn't done enough to keep the job, and I don't think those six games should make the difference--we've had six years. If anything, if they continue along this track it could be hurtful to keep him for another week (and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Ned is the sole problem with this team, far from it). I just think it'd be good that if they indeed are going to can Ned, that they deal with this issue on an off-day, and then let the team get acclimated to a new skipper (whether it's Simba or Kremblas or whoever) before they come home in the midst of a 15 game stretch.