PHILADELPHIA — When Terry Collins was hired as the Mets’ manager in 2010, the situation he inherited was not exactly viewed as desirable.
Almost five years later, there is a different aura surrounding the Mets, who are guaranteed to enter September in first place after a 9-4 win Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. During their current six-game winning streak, the Mets have scored 64 runs.
The culture shift was evident early in the afternoon. Several Mets, led by Juan Uribe, were singing along to pop songs by the Backstreet Boys, the popular boy band from the late 1990s.