Mets have their new manager

[doublem23]

Terry Collins, who last managed in the big leagues in 1999 with the Angels.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5835780

Good luck, buddy. You're going to need it.

[Fenway]

Hmmmm

Mets think so much of this hire they do it on a Sunday afternoon knowing the NY tabloids will be all Jets and Giants.

[Medford Bobby]

I guess he's been knee deep in the Mets farm system that he will know who's in the pipeline to move up.....so he is a Mets inside guy anyway:scratch:

[palehozenychicty]

Hmmmm

Mets think so much of this hire they do it on a Sunday afternoon knowing the NY tabloids will be all Jets and Giants.

That, and they only gave him a two-year deal to boot. I think you see Backman step in next, after a couple years of high minor league seasoning.

I mean, if Collins was so highly thought of, how come nobody wanted him for over a decade?