Mets Fire Down And Hire Rickey

Over at The New York Times they write about the Mets and their coaching moves:

The Mets, seeking to inject some life into a struggling offense, have fired their hitting coach, Rick Down, and have added Rickey Henderson to the coaching staff.

Henderson will most likely replace Down, but according to a club official, the Mets were deliberating whether to make him the first-base coach and bump Howard Johnson to hitting coach.