Mets Manager Terry Collins Reflects On Season As Players Attend Voluntary Workout
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The New York Mets held a voluntary practice on Friday, several days before the team will compete in the World Series for the first time in years.
As WCBS 880's Peter Haskell reported, the patch on the side of manager Terry Collins' royal blue Mets hat reads "World Series."
"Real cool, it's really cool," said Collins.
Indeed, Citi Field was all decked out with World Series paraphernalia Friday afternoon, CBS2's Otis Livingston reported. All the Mets have to find out is the team they will face.
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It's been 45 years in baseball for Collins and this is his first run at the championship, Haskell reported.
As the Mets were wrapping up the Pennant Wednesday, Collins said he tried to soak it all in.
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"I took a little time to look around the field and see each and every guy and look down the bench and there wasn't anybody having a conversation. They were all paying attention," he said.
Wilmer Flores, Lucas Duda, and Travis d'Arnaud were among the players who took part in the voluntary workout on Friday.
Meanwhile, Yoenis Cespedes was given a cortisone shot on Friday, after leaving Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field with a sore shoulder. The shot will take about 24 hours to take effect, so Cespedes should be at the team workout on Saturday, Livingston reported.
The Mets manager also went out of his way to mention some of the players no longer with the team, saying they're all part of this, Haskell reported.
Game 1 of the World Series is next Tuesday. Either Jacob DeGrom or Matt Harvey wills start for the Mets as pitcher, Livingston reported.