For his wealth of baseball experience, Terry Collins never managed in the postseason, let alone the World Series, before October.
It’s a much different game at that time of year, and critical lessons were learned. He won’t make the same mistakes twice.
General manager Sandy Alderson and the Mets made the right move, signing Collins to a two-year extension through 2017, which they formally announced Wednesday.
His energy will be desperately needed in 2016, when the Mets try to win it all behind the young arms.
Collins earned this extension by putting up with all the little things that make the Mets the Mets and delivering the team to the World Series.