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Collins to receive Lasorda Achievement Award

NEW YORK -- The accolades keep pouring in for Mets manager Terry Collins. The Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation announced Thursday that it will honor Collins with its Tommy Lasorda Managerial Achievement Award at a Jan. 16 dinner in Los Angeles.

Other award recipients included television talk-show host Larry King and former Dodgers infielder Maury Wills. Presenters include Regis Philbin, Ryan Seacrest and Ashton Kutcher.

Collins, 66, won the Sporting News' Manager of the Year Award and finished third for the Baseball Writers' Association of America's National League Manager of the Year Award. Collins is also a finalist for Best Manager in the Esurance MLB Awards, which will be revealed Friday.