LOS ANGELES -- Mets manager Terry Collins is in the postseason for the first time in his 11 seasons as a major league manager. So it's only fitting that his first playoff game is against the Dodgers, the organization where it all began as a coach for the baseball lifer.
"I'm sitting in this chair because of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Bill Schweppe who was our minor league director when I was a player here," Collins said before workouts at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.
Collins was an infielder drafted by the Pirates in 1971, and after three seasons in their system moved on to the Dodgers, where he played for four more seasons, all in Triple-A Albuquerque.