The New York Mets were floundering.The season was taking a turn for the worse with no turn-around seeming in sight. Terry Collins was reportedly in danger of losing his job at the very same time.
A conversation though that was had with the opposing manager of the team’s Wild Card opponent, Bruce Bochy, is said to have helped turn things around for Collins as reported by Kevin Kernan of the New York Post
Just a season removed from going to the World Series, Collins has found himself on the hot seat, seemingly at numerous points in 2016. The pressure seemingly beginning to mount on the Mets manager.
“But it’s hard here; really, really hard,” Collins said.
After his conversation with Kernan, he would go on to speak to Bochy during batting practice on August 20, in which the two old-timers got together to discuss the issues with their respective teams. The two compared notes as they attempted to cleanse themselves of the problems that plagued them.
On the same day, the Mets would begin to turn around their season. They had lost 16 of 23 games going into this series, they would go on to win the first two as the turn-around now did not seem so far fetched. Collins never quit on his team.
“We’re still in this thing. If we put a run together, we’ll be OK,” Collins said.
Now we sit and wait, just a mere day from the two managers coming together yet again. This time though, on one of the grandest stages of them all. Citi Field, under the lights, in a win or go home playoff game.
