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14	November 2018

Terry Collins seven-year hitch with Mets

Terry Collins was asked Wednesday to look back on his seven seasons as Mets manager, knowing there may not be an eighth season.He isn'tsigned beyond 2017, and the list of potential replacements is growing.The way the relaxed skipper responded to the pregame query by SNY's Steve Gelbs, and based on his comments Tuesday, he appearedto be OK with this being the end."It's been a great ride, it has been a lot of fun, I've learned so much," he said before the Mets' final home game of 2017. "I think about the stuff I've seen here "MORE: Memorable Mets Reggie Jackson Jersey momentsAnd then, in true Mets fashion, he rattled off a list of what became the most bittersweet moments in recent franchise history:Johan Santana's no-hitter in 2012, the Mets' only no-no. Santana was never the same after throwing 134 pitches that night. Jose Reyes' National League batting title in 2011. An in-his-prime Reyes left for the Marlins as a free agent a couple of months later. R.A. Dickey's NL Cy Young Award in 2012. About a month after being named the winner,Dickey was traded to the Blue Jays for a Gleyber Torres Jersey package led by then-prospects Noah Syndergaard and Travis d'Arnaud. David Wright becoming the franchise's all-time hits leader in 2013. Wright has been plagued by injuries the past four years.MORE: Wright says he still has more to give to Mets Matt Harvey starting the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field. Harvey's UCL tore soon after. The Mets' improbable run to the World Series in 2015, where they were outcla sed by the Royals despite the best efforts of a recovered Harvey, who's still paying for his Game 5 start physically."It's been a tremendous experience andI wouldn't have traded it for anything," Collins, 68, told Gelbs, "so to be here for seven years, in any market at the major league level, you've got to have good players around Gleyber Torres Run Derby Jersey you and you've got to have a good support system and we have that here."Mets fans might quibble with the support system part (trainers/medical team, anyone?), but Collins has had players who have taken him to two postseasons (in '15 and '16). Reyes, Harvey, Syndergaard, d'Arnaud and Wright were around Wednesday. Dickey, now a Brave, was in the other dugout after having pitched against his old club the night before.FOSTER: Conforto's injury raises very important questions about MetsWhile Collins was game with looking back Wednesday, he wasn't as keen about publicly looking beyond Sunday's finale in Philadelphia."I don't need to sit at my desk and think about, ' Men's Aaron Judge Cool Base Jersey Wow, is this going to be my last games?' I'm not made up like that," he told Gelbs. He gave health updates on center fielder Juan Lagares and reliever A.J. Ramos as a way to show he's focused on the now.After the game, a 7-1 Mets win, he answered another question about his future by saying he was thinking about ace right-hander Noah Syndergaard's next appearance. Syndergaard's early-season injury helped sink the Mets and accelerate the Collins clock.That deflection wasn't quite as believable. It seemed clear Collins knew the gig was almost up and that he was fighting to stay Men's Mickey Mantle Gray Jersey true to his grind-it-out, one-game-at-a-time approach.He seemed to sense the bitter end was one day closer.