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The Mike Francesa Podcast

Terry Collins: What Went Wrong for the Mets?

The Mike Francesa Podcast

BetRivers Network

Sports, Football, Baseball

4.6938 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Mike Francesa and former Mets manager Terry Collins dissect the Mets’ collapse. New York had weak pitching, poor defense, a lack of clutch hitting, and a lack of chemistry, despite a $340 million payroll.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.

0:04.0

Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the Bet Rivers Network.

0:09.0

The day after for Met fans and driving around today, I heard the Met fans and everyone is always creative and living in this world of angst.

0:18.0

And Met fans like to suffer, okay?

0:21.2

Just like Jet fans like to suffer.

0:23.4

Recently, giant fans like to suffer.

0:25.9

In the old days, Red Sock fans like to suffer.

0:28.9

But Met fans like to suffer.

0:31.4

And they thought the suffering was over in the days of Cohn.

0:35.2

Well, you know what?

0:36.7

It's not over.

0:38.0

And this was as bad as ever, as bad as 2007.

0:43.0

And who to discuss it with, then the manager will manage more games than anybody ever with the New York match, Terry Collins.

0:50.3

And also one of my all-time favorites.

0:52.1

Terry, welcome.

0:52.8

How are you?

0:53.4

Great, Mike.

0:54.0

Good to see it. As always, Terry. A pleasure-time favorites. Terry, welcome. How are you? Great, Mike. Good to see it.

0:54.7

As always, Terry. A pleasure. All right. You watch this slow drip from the best record in baseball

1:01.6

to where they finished not making the expanded playoffs, Terry. Tell me what you saw.

1:09.1

Well, you know, Mike, I've always believed this. I always think it starts, you know, the game's about pitching. And, you know Mike I always believe this I always think it starts you know

1:13.4

the game's about pitching and you know if you don't pitch you're not going you're not going to win

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