After surviving four losing seasons as the Mets manager, Terry Collins will not allow himself, even with his team in first place in mid-August, to become wistful about playoff baseball at Citi Field.
Collins said he did not check each night to see if the second-place Washington Nationals have lost, which they have been doing a lot of lately. He plans only a few days forward, such as for this week’s series at Baltimore and Colorado, but not for possible postseason games, with their comeback rallies, defensive gems and a home crowd that rarely sits down.