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- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Over the span of a single week in November, Terry Collins lost a pair of friends he had known since grammar school. As he mourned them, Collins, 67, got to thinking. He wondered about his own future. He considered the rest of his life.
“All of a sudden you’re looking in the mirror saying, ‘Holy cow,'” Collins said. “When the season is over, I will sit down — and hopefully it’s in November next year — and analyze where I’m at. Because I still feel great. I’ve got a lot of energy. But I don’t know if it’s going to be there or not, have to wait and see.”
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Entering his seventh season at the helm of the Mets, Collins is already the third-winningest manager in franchise history. He is one of only two to guide the team to consecutive playoff appearances, with a realistic chance to make it three in a row next year. By late May, Collins will become the most-tenured Mets manager in franchise history. And he may report to Spring Training …
