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New York Mets: Terry Collins epic ejection surfaces as a likely diversion for team’s woes (Video)

By Neil Harrington

FLUSHING, NY - SEPTEMBER 10: New York Mets Manager Terry Collins (10) argues with First Base Umpire Jerry Lane (24) after a challenged play at home plate was reversed, giving the Reds a 2-run lead during the eighth inning of the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets on September 10, 2017 at Citi Field in Flushing, NY. (Photo by Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
FLUSHING, NY - SEPTEMBER 10: New York Mets Manager Terry Collins (10) argues with First Base Umpire Jerry Lane (24) after a challenged play at home plate was reversed, giving the Reds a 2-run lead during the eighth inning of the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets on September 10, 2017 at Citi Field in Flushing, NY. (Photo by Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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A video from two years ago surfaces, one of the rants/expletives of former New York Mets manager Terry Collins surfaces and it’s fantastic.

If you wanted a sequel to the movie Gone in Sixty Seconds, you may be in luck, with a video featuring Terry Collins, the previous manager of the New York Mets, surfacing from two years ago. Better late than never, I suppose.

After watching the video, it was well worth the wait, with curse words that will make Sterling Archer blush out of embarrassment.

The footage is Ex nihilo, and we could not be more grateful for whoever found it. In case you’re late to the party — well I guess we are all two years tardy — watch for yourselves this epic meltdown. You better grab your popcorn and soda for this show!

Well, that was fun, wasn’t it?! If you wanted more, don’t worry, it gets even better.

Andy Martino of SNY.TV.com gave Terry Collins a call on his cellular device, and this conversation broke out between the two parties.

"Martino: “You know when Syndergaard was thrown out of a game in 2016 for throwing at Utley?”Terry Collins: “Yeah.”Andy Martino: “The ump was mic’ed.”Terry Collins: There was a pause of three of four seconds, followed by a lighthearted, “Oh no.”"

Oh, what fun. What, fun! Thanks to Martino, we now have these five details about what indeed went down.

  1. Crew chief Tom Hallion informed Noah Syndergaard, “That was the wrong time to do it.”
  2. Tom Hallion told Terry Francona, “It’s our *expletive* to the jackpot if we don’t do something there.”
  3. Neil Walker walks over to the umpire and asks politely, “Shouldn’t there be a warning before that?”
  4. Crew Chief Tom Hallion rushes over to Terry Collins, then these exchange occurs:

"Terry Collins: “That’s expletive and you know it. You got to give us a shot!”Tom Hallion “Terry, you know where I stand on that whole situation.”Terry Collins: “Tommy, You’re expletive better than that!” Tom Hallion: “Okay, you got everything out.”"

At the time, crew chief Tom Hallion defended the decision of the ejection, whose crew kicked Noah Syndergaard out of the game for throwing a (near) 100 MPH pitch behind Los Angeles Dodgers instigator Chase Utley. The NewYorkPost provides us with this quote from Tom Hallion.

"“The ruling was that he intentionally threw at the batter and with that, we have a judgment of whether we thought it was intentional, and if it was, we can either warn or eject. And with what happened in that situation, we felt the ejection was warranted.”"

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Chase Utley and his Los Angeles Dodgers had a prior history with the New York Mets, going back to the 2015 NLCS, when Utley broke Ruben Tejada’s leg, riding dirty into second base.

In a nutshell, Terry Francona was livid because the umpiring crew didn’t allow the baseball code to police itself. The unspoken rule, “If you hurt our guy, we’re going to throw at yours.”

Noah Syndergaard didn’t’ even escalate the situation and missed Chase Utley with the pitch — which is what he truly deserved for his former act.

Ironically, the video surfaced after current New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway earned his first MLB ejection with the squad. Coincidence. Perhaps, but for entirely different reasons.

After coming out of the gates hot like a Triple Crown stallion with an 11-1 start, the New York Mets have sputtered in the mud since — currently sitting at 28-35 in the standings, looking up at the NL East elite.

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Perhaps, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. It appears the New York Mets are missing a bit of fire and passion from the Terry Collins era.

For whatever reasons, the talented bunch continues to underachieve in 2018, and now they are (allegedly) creating distractions to divert attention away from the mess that the current team represents.

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