When a man’s right, he’s right. Terry Collins finally had one of the meltdowns for which he’s so famous on Wednesday night (6/1). Who could blame him? In a game which took on an all-too-familiar pattern, the Mets got outstanding starting pitching from Chris Capuano for six innings, then drowned in two feet of water [...]
Saturday’s Mets-Phillies game was not available live on mlb.tv due to the Fox blackout. However, the live radio call was an option so I had that on while watching the Reds-Braves game which was broadcast on TV in my area. The SNY broadcasters are generally great. The Mets’ radio broadcasters fall something short of that [...]
At best I was ambivalent about the hiring of Terry Collins as manager. But he’s done a nice job of keeping the team together after a 5-13 start which could have buried others. He’s handled the loss of three starters to the disabled list, another to the waiver wire and a starting rotation which has [...]
This breaking news just in – Daniel Murphy can still hit. Last night’s 3-for-4 game raised Murphy’s overall numbers on the year to .286/.342/.486. His .828 OPS is tied for ninth among second baseman with at least 30 PA this season. Overall, 39 second basemen have reached that plateau and Brad Emaus ranks 39th with [...]
Flash back to April 18, 2010. The Mets are off to a disappointing 4-8 start and they cut Mike Jacobs and promote Ike Davis. The rookie is immediately placed in the starting lineup the following day, gets two hits and the Mets win and go on to victories in 10 of their next 11 games, [...]
Two games into the season, the Francisco Rodriguez games-finished watch is officially underway. Saturday night,Rodriguez was brought in to close out a 3-2 game but gave up a run and the game went into extra innings. The Mets put up three runs in the top of the 10th and Rodriguez was the eighth batter of [...]
"Collins, who is listed generously at 5-foot-9, conducted his press conference standing up after he was told the microphone stand was blocking his face for the TV camera. Collins joked that pitchers Chris Young, who is 6-foot-10, and 6-foot-7 Mike Pelfrey better not hold the ball above their heads and make the manager jump for [...]
The Mets have not really had a manager who had a presence since Bobby Valentine. Art Howe had the presence of a man ready to be put out to pasture. Willie Randolph was all about rules and regulations. Jerry Manuel played puppet to those above him. With the addition of Terry Collins, this seems to [...]
"The culture has changed," Teufel said. "We have a new culture in this organization and I give a lot of credit to Terry for bringing that forward. The Mets really stepped up, went and looked for a leader and found one in Terry. They brought him in as field coordinator last year and the environment [...]
"He's a run producer, I think he needs to hit in the third spot," Collins said. "We did it in Houston with Jeff Bagwell. In 1994, we moved him from fourth to third and he won the MVP that shortened season. I want David to be himself, go hit and have some fun. I think [...]
"It’s nice to be liked. But no, I don’t care as long as they respect me, and understand what it took me to get here. Joe Maddon, myself, Jim Leyland, who didn’t play in the big leagues . . . a lot of times there’s certain guys who say, “Well we don’t understand” because we [...]
Much has been made about Terry Collins and his “fiery” demeanor. It’s a marked change from his predecessor, Jerry Manuel, and a departure from what the Mets usually have for a skipper. In fact, who is the last Mets manager who would be described this way? Perhaps Dallas Green. Let’s run down the recent Mets [...]