Terry Collins
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"As manager"

*Houston Astros (–)

*Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/Anaheim Angels (–)

*Orix Buffaloes (–)

*New York Mets (–present)

"As coach"

*Pittsburgh Pirates (–)

*Tampa Bay Rays/Tampa Bay Devil Rays

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"Terry Lee Collins" (born May 27, 1949, in Midland, Michigan) is the manager (baseball)/manager for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. A former minor league shortstop, Collins has managed the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League, the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, and the Duluth Huskies of the summer collegiate Northwoods League at the minor league level, and the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/Anaheim Angels, and New York Mets at the major league level. Collins is known as a "feisty and intense manager."

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We took a shot at him when no one else was interested. Our development people did an outstanding job getting him ready. He's going to be an excellent player.

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It's not like he doesn't know what to do. He has his own restaurant in Cherokee, where he got a 96.

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We had to stop doing what we were doing in the middle of the job because it looked like we might be forced out by eminent domain. Now that it looks like we're going to be here for a while, we don't mind spending the money.

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It was more of a detail thing than a filthy store.

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It was a matter of us having managers in charge that let little things go and not paying attention. You can have little things that actually have very little bearing on the public's health, but flat tear you up on a health inspection.

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Schwartz was the candidate that stuck out the most for all three of us.

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I mean trees down, it looked like a bomb went off in here and the progress they've made in the short time, it's great.

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But I'm proud that we were able to send Rick Honeycutt and Mariano Duncan up there, because they both did good jobs. The other guys on the Minor League staff see that you can get to the big leagues. These two guys sure are deserving of it.

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I think he'll do fine. He was a shortstop out of high school, so he knows about playing middle infield. He's got good feet and a strong arm, but his bat is going to carry him no matter what position he's at.

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