20
2011
I’m Glad Terry Collins Is Ours
An article by Former Writers
So far from what I’ve observed, I come away very impressed with Terry Collins who has conducted himself as a true professional and savvy baseball man. The way Collins handled the Carlos Beltran situation the past Spring was flawless and poetry in motion. He has an aggressive, but calm demeanor about him and has a professional way of doing business.
Last week, I saw Collins way of handling things again – during a game when R.A. Dickey gestured to Terry to come and join him in the clubhouse so they could talk for a brief minute. No, I have no idea what was said, but I can guess. It was an early inning and RA had been having some problems with his hand and was unable to locate some pitches, but – noting that the inning was early – he told Terry he would hold off the opposing team for as long as he could. And, he did until the sixth inning. It says a lot to see a player take a manager aside like that – usually it’s the other way around. It was a sure sign of respect.
When Terry first arrived he said that he would choose the team carefully and would expect that all would be ready to play at any time during the game. It was his policy to give everyone a chance to participate in the game if only for a short time. It has worked out beautifully. This group operates like a team now and I haven’t seen that in Flushing for a long, long time. Many teams are made up of so called super stars who are just trying to increase their stats and pad their wallets.
There are a lot of managers who rarely even speak to their players, choosing to have a coach intercede or give a message. We’ve all seen that before in the last 4-5 years.
Now back to Terry and Carlos who have met every day for weeks simply to talk with each other about the upcoming game. I could see from the start that Terry was a straightforward man and always wanted to keep his guys in on the current game and then tomorrow’s game as well. Carlos had always seemed too shy to speak up to his superiors until now, and that was proved the other day when he walked past Terry and gave him a big smile and two thumbs up.
I’m sure that if I were able to interview every member of this team, each would have something special to say about Terry. The Mets have never had a manager like this, but his time has come and I hope he sticks around. Both he and Sandy have ingratiated themselves with the players and the whole organization. These are real baseball men, and I’m glad they are ours.
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Annie the Mets have never had a manager like this?
After less than 2 months you decide this? What’s wrong with you? Did you forget about Davey, Gil, & Bobby V? How about Torre? He may not have had good talent on his teams but i don’t remember any problems with players with him. What kind of a post is this?
I like Terry too but i c’mon!
Annie,
Please continue to voice your opinions. Those fans who want to bully or shut you down really reveal their own ineptness and boorishness. They apparently don’t like diverse opinions. I do.
Thanks for your many wonderful posts.
Des
Just comment on Annie’s post and don’t worry about what I have to say about it. You old fart!
Any “original reporting” coming up? Nice to finally have our best defensive middle infield now in Reyes & Tejada. What did I tell you about patience? Haven’t you been through enough life to learn about that by now?
Would it be bullying if I mentioned here that Tejada had a .938 fielding percentage in Buffalo would mean we are in a lot of trouble if thats the best defensive 2B we could muster?
Donal, would it be bullying if I mentioned that Tejada was ranked 77th out of 92 major league guys at 2b in 2010? (Based on the fielding average of players in at least 50 games.) Yup Bayonne’s baby had 76 ranked ahead of him.
Would it be bullying that he’s playing 2B for the NY Mets right now and aside for you and the other clown’s stupid numbers MOST professional people AS YOU KNOW regard him as a solid glove. Maybe he had some adjustment problems but I don’t know but bottom line he’s a VERY GOOD glove and you hear them say it on TV everyday.
I leave the other stuff to the clowns here who just pick numbers when they feel like.
What a HUGE IDIOT you are Des
Rank SHMANK. You know what you can do with your ratings.
He’s here and now our middle infield is defensively the strongest it’s been all year and THE METS ARE WINNING. How long it lasts? Who knows, maybe Turner keeps hitting and he gets the job back. I would give it to him too at this rate.
I’m honest. You’re a flat out liar and a sandbagger.
Getting nasty is your best offense, isn’t it, my presumptuous fried. Sad.
You started it, I finish it. Anyway any more “original reporting” copying and pasting your own quotes and then trying to pass them off to the readership as your own?
How’s Jerry doing with his baseball team at Jessup University? You know, you actually had him on a plane and you had his city of destination as well
Keep on asking for it you battleax and you’ll get what you ask for
What was the other thing you said? Something like “we’re in good hands with Emaus and Murphy at 2B” YOU said that.
The next day Emaus was cut and now Murphy who I DO LIKE will lose his job to Turner most likely if Tejada does not hit enough and is sent back down.
Wrong again as usual but always the first to laugh. it usually works out that way – you’ve lived a whole life and haven’t learned a whole lot.
It’s far too early to be singing his praises. We saw similar articles written 2-3 months into Randolph’s and Manuel’s reign. We all know what happened with both of them in time. And we do know Collins has a history of self destructing after 12 months with one team. Tread carefully before giving him your warm embrace. Plus you failed to mention a week’s worth of boneheaded in-game moves by him.
Are you serious with this? Can we wait until after the season at least or maybe even the All Star break?
Annie, I like your observation regarding Terry’s handling of the Beltran move to RF early this season. Of course, it is possible that it was an easy mgmt move because Carlos may very well have been ready for it mentally given the difficulties he had been experiencing with his knees. Nevertheless, it is a great contrast to how Girardi “handled” Posada’s situation. I relish the Yankee difficulties and especially liked Big Baby Georgie striking out with the bat on his shoulder with a runner on 2nd and the score tied in last night’s game. I think you have made a fine point regarding Collins as manager. However, there have been many very good managers in Mets history, including the colorful Casey to get it started. Let’s hope that Terry Collins continues successfully to earn the right to be included in that list with Casey, Gil, Davey, and Bobby V. For an organization with rare championships, the Mets have had a history of good managers. Hopefully, Collins will restore that tradition.
A team that loses not one but two starters to injury on plays in which no one called for a fly ball is not being well coached. I want Collins to succeed because I bleed blue and orange, but lets calm down with the praise of a .500 ball club. This is a guy who batted Chin Lung Hu second this month.