Terry Collins: What Went Wrong for the Mets?

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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Sports, Football, Baseball

4.6 • 938 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.

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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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