The atmosphere at a news conference during the baseball playoffs is different from most in the regular season. More cameras are present, and more reporters — some from other parts of the country who have perhaps not seen the teams play regularly — pack the room. Because clubhouse access is limited, these gatherings are the way teams are presented to a national audience.
In that setting, a reporter recently asked Terry Collins how he had seemed to manage the Mets with so much urgency this postseason.
“I’m old; sense of urgency is right now,” Collins said, and everyone in the room burst into laughter.