Terry Collins This is Me

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1. 1. www.atypicallife.com

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   Published on: 6/2/2008   Last Visited: 6/6/2008

   Yesterday, Terry Collins announced his resignation as manager of the Orix Buffaloes, formerly the Orix Blue Wave, and the original team of Ichiro Suzuki.
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   Collins led the team to a 83-105-5 record since joining the team for the 2007 campaign after Orix finished in the second to last spot the previous season.The team finished in last place in 2007 and has spent most of the 2008 season in the same position with a record of 21-28 through Wednesday.Before joining Orix, Collins had been serving as player development director at the Los Angeles Dodgers.He managed the Houston Astros from 1994-1996 and the Anaheim Angels from 1997-1999.
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   So I wonder if Terry Collins will be up for the job?
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   Collins and Ichiro might have something to talk about on the bench….

2. 2. Midland Daily News - Collins anxious to get back in dugout

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   Published on: 10/16/2006   Last Visited: 10/17/2006

   There is one main reason why Midland native Terry Collins recently signed a three-year contract to manage the Orix Buffaloes of the Japan Pacific League.He wanted to get back into the dugout."I get to go compete again," said Collins, a former manager of the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels, during a recent telephone conversation.For the past five years he has been working for the Los Angeles Dodgers, first as minor-league field coordinator and currently as the team's player development director.He has had several opportunities in recent years to interview for jobs with major league teams, but nothing came of them.He decided to sign with the Orix instead of waiting to see what might happen with the managerial vacancies that became available here after the conclusion of the 2006 regular season.He is looking at his new job as a challenge to improve the Orix, who have a working relationship with the Dodgers and finished in fifth place this season in the Pacific League.The Buffaloes had a record of 52-81-3, finishing 28 1/2 games back of league champion Nippon Ham."This is a pretty intriguing opportunity," Collins said."I want to go over there and make a difference.I want to get them better."The first thing he has to do is make himself acquainted with the Japanese players.He gets his first look when he goes to Japan in November for a three-week camp for minor league players.He returns on Feb. 1 for an eight-week spring training session, at which time he'll begin to work with the major leaguers.He has started to get a feel for how they play the game by watching a number of video tapes.He also has talked with Bobby Valentine, the former New York Mets' manager who guided the Chiba Lotte Marines to the Japan Series championship in 2005."They play the game differently over there," Collins said.
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   Collins isn't promising a championship in his first year."That the Orix would hire me shows I've had some success," he said."I'm not a miracle worker.I'm a hard worker."He leaves his position with the Dodgers knowing that their minor league system is in great shape."I'm proud of the Los Angeles organization," he said."I've had a good staff for five years and gotten high caliber players with a strong work ethic.They had seven rookies on their playoff roster this season, and that's unheard of."Collins had a big hand in getting the Dodgers to sign a two-year working agreement with the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League, who will begin playing in Midland in April."I'm thrilled they'll be playing there," he said.

3. 3. Midland Daily News - Stevens: Collins interested in joining new team

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   Published on: 1/15/2006   Last Visited: 7/4/2006

   Stevens: Collins interested in joining new team
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   Terry Collins.
   
   There's a name from Midland's glorious sports past, and, get this, he's interested in coming back to be a part of Midland's new Class A baseball team.
   
   "I'd be very interested," Collins, 56, said Saturday by telephone when asked if he'd have any interest in working with the new team.
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   Collins, the director of minor league development for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had a shot at becoming manager of the Dodgers in the offseason, but it didn't work out.In his present role with the Dodgers, Collins oversees seven minor league teams, 165 players and 45 coaches.
   
   But when asked about the Midland situation, Collins was receptive.
   
   "I've had a great career, but I'm at the point where (my career) is starting to wind down," he said.
   
   Collins was a player in the Pittsburgh Pirates' and Los Angeles Dodgers' farm systems before he went into coaching.He was a long-time minor league manager in the Pirates' and Dodgers' farm systems before getting his big break in 1994, when he became manager of the Houston Astros.He held that job for three years, and in 1997, he was hired to manage the Anaheim Angels.He was with the Angels for three seasons, and has a six-year managerial record of 444-434.
   
   At the end of the 2005 season, Collins was rumored to be a leading contender for the Dodgers' job, but, instead, L.A. hired Grady Little.
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   Although Collins has spent most of his adult life in places other than Midland, he's still considered a hometown sports hero and has strong local ties.He was a gifted three-sport athlete at Midland High, won a national baseball championship at Eastern Michigan University, and was player-manager of Midland McArdle when it won the national softball championship back in 1979.
   
   Collins, who lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., was thrilled to hear that Midland landed a minor league baseball team, the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays from Battle Creek.
   
   "It's just tremendous," he said."Midland is a sports town ... and I think it will be a big success.I'm going to be the first guy who's a season ticket holder."
   
   Years ago, Collins managed in Buffalo, N.Y., where he said the Bisons drew over 1 million fans in a season.
   
   "Minor league baseball thrives," he said.