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Baseball Fans Across The Nation Salute Our Captain America: David Wright
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Last night made it official; the fans and the baseball world have granted David Wright one of the coolest and most prestigious nicknames a ballplayer could have, originating right here on MMO: Captain America. Team USA was on the brink of elimination in the first round of the World Baseball Classic, however with one slam of the bat — a grand slam at that — immediately prompted this tweet from Joe D.
Hell Yeah!!! David Wright + Grand Slam + Team USA = Captain America!
— Mets Merized Online (@MetsMerized) March 10, 2013
Last night “David Wright” and “Captain America” both were trending worldwide on Twitter, and 39% of all tweets about the WBC has “Wright” mentioned in it. The amount of popularity and ravings from fans of all walks of life has been astounding, Never has the entire baseball fanbase as a whole gotten behind a single player in the WBC like they have with Wright in these 2013 games.
It has been debated whether Wright needs to be officially named captain of the Mets or not. After this past week, who needs a little stitch of cloth when you have been deemed Captain America by the baseball world. Is there any higher honor?
Wright is 7-for-16 with a grand slam, two doubles, four runs scored, 12 total bases and the most impressive of all: 10 RBIs, half of which came last night. Only Ken Griffey Jr. and Korea’s Seung Yeop Lee have reached that same mark, both coming in 2006. In all likelihood Wright will surpass them when USA takes on the Dominican Republic Thursday at 7pm. However it is in his leadership alongside his incredible performance that he has risen to such a high level of popularity.
The World Baseball Classic has been said not to carry much meaning, and that it’s more of an inconvenience to teams to have their best players absent from Spring Training. Try saying that to the millions watching around the world and now a record number of American’s tuning in, much in part to the show being put on Wright. Try saying that to wounded combat veteran Felix Perez, who we met last week in this touching video on his friendship with the Captain, and saw elated last evening as he cheered on his favorite player and pal. Try telling that to those who feel a sense of pride in their country, and are inspired by seeing their favorite players fight and claw for every victory to more closer and closer to becoming champions.
Wright and the 2013 Team USA have made this loosely followed competition into a religiously viewed event by fans across the country as they they anxiously await what will happen next. David Wright has made the Classic fun to watch, and as a result has catapulted himself into the figurehead role of this squad. His leadership has encouraged his fellow teammates to player harder and accept nothing else other than victory.
Team USA will fly this flag in their dugout during the WBC. @mlbnetwork#wbcbaseball @usabaseball @mlb twitter.com/JBMLBPR/status…
— John Blundell (@JBMLBPR) March 7, 2013
Prior to the start of the WBC, a group of US soldiers gave Team USA an American flag, one that has hung in their dugout throughout the course of this improbable run. Those soldiers want to see the country they’ve fought so hard for, lift up that trophy and celebrate as true World Champions of America’s sport.
Team USA is playing for much more than just pride, they are playing for the name on their chest, not the one on their back, and that carries a high honor and responsibility, and no one knows that more than Wright. He has indeed been the Derek Jeter of this team, and if these first few games are any implication of what’s to come for Wright and Team USA, then all I can say is we are in for one hell of an upcoming week.
About the Author: Clayton Collier
Clayton, a Long Island native and die-hard Mets fan, started writing online about three years ago. He is currently a Journalism major with a minor in Broadcasting at Seton Hall University. Although very disappointed with the current state of the team, Clayton remains hopeful that the young prospects in the farm system will bring the Mets back to a respected franchise in baseball once again. Besides writing for MMO, Clayton is also a staff member at 89.5 WSOU, Seton Hall's modern active rock radio station. You can contact Clayton by following him on Twitter: @Clayton_Collier or E-mailing him at MaybeNextYearMets@yahoo.com
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It’s very easy to root for him…I’m glad he’s getting a chance to experience this and silence the haters.
LOL
u folks are getting excited over some exhibition games
quick, name the pitchers that David got his 7 hits off of …
It’s not U folks, it’s American Baseball fans, this is now becoming a National Story.
Carry on…………….
Justa-Da Damaja: We had some good and bad times in dialogue and you know I am partial to the Hispanic hurt over the maligning of Omar and that Reyes and Betltan were not as good in attitude and play as DW. “You folks” sounds like Archie Bunker the bigot. Please stop and enjoy DW’s contribution. If DW fizzles like Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary drinks then by all means be critical. Let the real games begin but enjoy the USA’s “Captain America’s” play.
Mr. Met!
LMAO @ Wright’s most memorable career hits = all during the WBC #Fraud
Haters gotta hate
I’m proud he’s My Team and proud he’s representing my Country!!!
God Bless America!
It does say a lot about a person when the only thing you know about them is what they hate.
Hey, if it ain’t happenin’ in Merica, it ain’t count.
but seriously, this is great for the Mets, great for Wright, and great for baseball in the US
Lmao, i mean… Wow. Good for him i guess, but funny, most of you, i mean, for real, almost 95% of you didn’t like the WBC, thought it was stupid, pointless, shouldn’t happen, but now that david wright is doing good and team USA is still alive, all of the sudden then yay to the WBC and Captain America right? You people and your hypocrecy and double standard makes me laugh, it’s downright sad and pathetic, and i am sure people will come up with the “haters gonna hate” comment because, god forbid anyone rain on Captain america’s parade right?
Again, good for him that in MARCH for what most of you call a meaningless exhibition game he’s shining bright.
Ohhh, and btw, the excuse for him is already on the table, if he’s struggle or doesn’t do good, the excuse is he’s got noone surrounding him, because look at what he did in the WBC..
Alex, you are correct about my lack of love for the WBC, but now that it’s on, now that the U.S. has a chance, and that one of the Mets stars is doing great, I am getting up for it a little. What can I say? Winning changes everything. Still, I want Wright healthy for our season rather than worrying much about his WBC performance.
Russell, Fair enough, i love your honesty, i see you thursday my friend, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA versus USA, it’s on…… I have a feeling we’d be facing USA twice.
I’m going to LAUGH when the Dominicans FACE BEAT Team USA LOL
and again…all it takes is 1 DW injury to completely do an about face on this issue…
if that happens, u will go back to not giving a hoot over who wins this EXHIBITION game…
That’s funny since your double standards make me laugh. Gotta bash Wright every hour, every day, but mild criticism of other players makes you cringe and wonder why anyone could “dare to even criticize” them.
I have got to hand it to you Alex68…You always find a way to turn things around to create turmoil here….Just because many folks here do not like or care about the WBC doesn’t mean that they can’t be happy for D.W. productivity during the tournament and them being proud that he plays for the Mets.
Do you watch NCIS with Marc Harmon? I’d like to send you a “Gibbs Slap” so that maybe you wise up a bit!
If not a Gibbs Slap…maybe a dead fish wrapped in brown paper!
LMAO at your b.s.
The game was a lot of fun to watch last night and I am excited for the DR game on Thursday. It’s also awesome to have a positive national story about a Met, it’s been a while. I can care less if it’s a “exhibition”, people all around the world are juiced about it and the fact that David is putting the USA in the forefront is awesome.
Once the season starts and the Mets hit the field, it’s going to get down right horrendous in the media. Lets all enjoy the good news while we can.
” Lets all enjoy the good news while we can.”
That was my lost point yesterday. It seems as though it rials some up that Mets fans are happy about something as meaningless as it may be to some, it isn’t to the players playing the game, you can tell that for sure.
No, the hypocrecy is what bothers most of the people you say they get “Riled” up, had david wright been 0-13 you think you’d be saying the same thing? It’s good news because he’s doing good, had he been on a xtreem slump you’d be saying “Ohh, it’s exhibition, it really doesn’t matter”
You guys are too funny, outside of SRT i dind’t see a single person in here who was excited about the WBC, all of the sudden, nothing but articles about it are being written and of course, Captain America nickname is being thrown out there. Hypocrecy, double standard and agenda all rolled into one… SMH
Alex, people like to have something positive and to be excited about. Is that such a terrible thing?
I think part of it is the coverage the WBC is getting this year. All games are being aired on MLB network. The last two WBC’s you couldn’t really watch all the games, had to scrounge around some to see who was playing what game when, if at all. At least that was my experience.
This year with MLB network playing them all, it’s much easier to get into the series. You watch most games, you start to get familiar with all the teams and their players. Makes it more fun to follow, IMO.
Where were you and all this posers when the WBC started? How come there wasn’t more articles being written? Again, other than SRT i do not recall or remember anyone having any positive comment about the WBC, the only reason why so many articles and “positive” comments are being written is because “Captain America” is doing good, if he was struggling or doing bad, y’all be saying the WBC is stupid, or this and that, but no, all of the sudden, players care, captain america, it’s real pitching against him yada yada, the WBC is about countries you know, CANO is ON FIRE!!!!!! but i don’t care as much if the team don’t win….
Pure hypocrecy!!!!!!!
SaltyGary January 14, 2013 at 9:48 am
I like the tournament a lot. We get to see a lot of different players and styles of play and it is interesting. I just think it should be more at the end of the season instead of the begining so it doesn’t impact the current season.
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2013/03/mmo-fan-shot-the-world-baseball-classic-is-not-a-nuisance.html
Hi Alex,
Just a case of fair-weather fans, that’s all. If they don’t appreciate him overall then he’s great when he comes through and a bum when he doesn’t.
That’s baseball for ya. Hey, we’ve heard Mariano booed out of the park too – and by that, I mean the one in the Bronx.
Alex, I mean this in the best way but if you are going to use the word “Hypocrisy” at least learn it’s spelling and definition.
hy·poc·ri·sy (h-pkr-s)
n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
1. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
So thus I am not sure this applies the way you think it does.
And yet you want me to respect you and/or your blog and your people … Don’t get mad when i call you a sandblaster or that the desert is just that, a desert. are you the typo police? if i am typing fast i don’t have time for spelling grammar… FDB.
Sorry Alex, but to me if you are going to incorrectly over and over and over again accuse a group of people of something you need to know what you are actually saying because the definition doesn’t even apply.
So you don’t think that you and most of the people jumping up and down about wright having a good 3 game stretch is hypocrisy???
“The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess”
Nope.
Actually if DW haters jumped up and down with joy and with USA pride then it would be hypocrisy.
As for spelling errors I wish you said there is no way one can correct and edit their post. Joe D I would like a comment. Thanks.
I can’t spell for crap, that’s why I use Chrome instead of other browsers because it lets me know when I can’t spell.
So that whole crap you posted above to sound smart was actually showing how smart CHROME is not you….
The only reason to complain about someone’s spelling is if you have nothing else to say about what they said…..
Not taking you to task…Just saying it’s not very productive….
LOL, looks like TRS got nailed on that one.
Actually it wasn’t to sound smart at all. It was to help Alex out because his spelling of hypocrisy and use of it were both incorrect.
Metsie, the guy is a dushhhh… pay him no mind. I just find it funny how he’s always asking me to respect him, his site, his sanblasting people yet acts like a FDB to me…
Oh Alex, you and I have been on each other’s backs for what 7 years? I am sure at this point you take nothing I say personal.
Oh and please don’t call me names. I really don’t want you to get banned. Seriously.
ohhhhhh, so you don’t want me to call you names? what did i say? i called you what and how you acted towards me, i didn’t ask nor noone in this site has appointed you as the spelling police, each of us have our way of write and thoughts, don’t nobody here need or ask for your help, as i told you many times, unless this is your site (which, obviously it isn’t, people actually comment and blog here) i recommend you don’t try to tell people what to say, how to write it and respect their opinion. which you often don’t allow people to express themselves, nobody but YOU got bother by the word, everyone knew exactly what i was trying to say, yet you, only you got bother by it, why? because you’re exactly what i and many other people think you are… Moving on………
Yes, lets move on because I don’t want to be the one that “baited you” into being banned Alex.
LOL I’m just yanking his chain Salty….
If I REALLY want to nail him I say something about the failure of our Education system and something about Teachers posting on the Internet when Classes are being held….LOL
My message was really more for others than him because I think he DOES know better where others I KNOW do not!
Metsie, why would I get upset about you attacking the education system? It is indeed broken and many on here are living proof of that. Perhaps if the feds would get their nose out of it and return control to the locals we could begin to fix things. However, that’s a story for a different day. As for my teaching abilities, I have a wonderful ability to multitask.
OK we are flying off topic….But what the hey….
“Perhaps if the feds would get their nose out of it….”
If they did then Kids in Texas would never learn about Darwin and god knows what else they wouldn’t learn!
And thats a Libertarian/Replublican saying that!
I’m all for Locals having more control of many things and issues but our Education system has failed because every state has it’s own priorities and slant on what should be taught and learned, No standards are set by anyone for what constitutes a GOOD education and Curriculum and the education you get seems to be proportional to the economic success inherent in the School District.
Poor families stay poor because they don’t get the education (or have the parental intelligece to support thier learning) they need to stop being poor.
NO ONE is held accountable for anything!
Parents let off the hook for kids not having done the work or even showing up….
Teachers let off the hook when a class fails and even when an attempt is made to evaluate how effective they are instead of getting the grades to acceptable, they fight the evaluations and pass kids that shouldn’t to keep thier Evals high….
Even the DUMBEST thing yet…A Kid Misbehaves and he is expelled and barred from GOING to school as if he thinks thats a punishment and will help him to learn why what he did was wrong….
The education system has become nothing more than a system that counts heads, Gets money to spend based on how many showed up and who cares if they learned anything when they got there….
I personally think some federalization of approved text books and testing is way past due!
And instead of paying schools based on attendance they should be paid based on Test scores and if the scores drop below a certain number then clear house and get new management.
Just as a Factory that doesn’t produce enough closes and the GOOD workers find work elsewhere while the problem workers find it hard to find work.
The best thing that ever happened to the Education system in NY was the invention of the Regent Tests!
Perhaps a Federal Regents test is in order….Be much harder for kids to get the answers to the tests and at least we would know who should be kept back a year across the entire country as opposed to just that one state in that one test.
But thats just me…..
Boy we certainly do disagree on things besides baseball. But moving on.
YEP!
I find it a bit hypocritical of someone who only speaks 1 language to be critical of a man who has the ability to communicate in 2. Go figure…..
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These games have been a lot of fun to watch. I like the WBC but then again, I like the ASG too – which many do not.
I don’t get the comments though on these being ‘exhibition’ games. You couldn’t prove that by the guys playing these games. It’s more like the intensity and competition of post season games.
Ugh…hope you’re not right about once the Met season starts.
Yeah, exhibition to many is serious pride and ego games to others. These guys want to win and there is pressure on them to win.
Did you see the highlights of the game in Japan last night? The stadium was packed, and the fans and players were juiced. That’s all you need to see to know that players are playing to win and they can care how people want to label these game types.
Anyone who thinks that the Dominican players and citizens of that country don’t want to mop up the USA are plain ignorant. That game is going to be the real deal for all involved.
If anything we can do a Wright Vs. Reyes and who ever loses is the real choker!
Last night you saw some guys like Beltran out there as well. That wasn’t a bad lineup at all.
Pagan, Rios, Beltran, Molina, …
Exactly and the whole argument of “who was pitching to Wright” is crap. They are high level prospects and they were pitching their heart out.
And it’s not as if those guys aren’t also pitching to the rest of the lineup. If Wright performing well is because of poor competition, then everyone else would be performing at the same level.
Those Japanese sure take their baseball seriously.
And that’s half the fun for me watching all these games. The different cultures, how the support their teams, etc. The other day, I swear I saw like 7 different musical instruments in the crowd being played, loudly…..LOL.
Japan is the 2 time undefeated champion of the WBC. Going to be fun watching to see if some team can defeat them.
I’m with you on this, srt. I like the all-star game too and watch it every year, rooting for the NL. And I like the WBC too, only my interest in it wouldn’t be as high as it is now if the U.S. had been eliminated early.
As many have pointed out, it’s actually funny to see the haters get their panties in a bunch over the success of Wright. You just know if one of their favorites were having a huge series and Wright wasn’t doing much, they’d be drooling all over this forum and all of a sudden this wouldn’t be just “exhibition” games! Too funny!
THe hell are you talking about, CANO is killing it for Team DR, so is cruz and even reyes is doing good, this is about the team you know. Jeez kid, stop being a homer to no end for once… it’s actually our fault for even engaging with you on what seem to be a blogger who see wright and nothing else.
How many RBIs does Cano have? How many times has he failed to come through with men on base (just like he chokes in the regular season and in the playoffs!)?
And why would I care about Cano? Not only is he a Yankee, but he is on the DR team? If you want to crown him Mr. DR, then go ahead. Good for you. Have a good time. Jump up and down. But don’t continue to hate on Wright because he’s having a great series. You look silly doing that. Laughable!
Cano has been amazing and I think the DR is going to win the whole thing.
But I don’t see why its crazy for what’s happening on team USA to get more coverage from the US media or for what a Mets player is doing to get more coverage and generate more excitement on Mets-related blogs than what other players/teams are doing. The DR team and Cano are likely getting a lot more coverage in the DR than what the US team is getting. That’s just the way it works with these international competitions – countries care more about their own team. And if I was a Yankee fan I’d be excited for Cano having a great tournament…but I’m not a Yankee fan, so I don’t really care.
Yeah, that’s what I am confused about. Of course Mets fans on a Mets blog in the US are going to hype David Wright more than Cano.
Still not a fan of the WBC…havent watched one game.
But come on. Sometimes I think people on here would prefer him to be 0-16 as opposed to 7-16. If he is going to be away from ST then I hope he does well. However, it is what he does in a Met uniform that counts; not a USA one. Ultimately, the later matters none.
However, it is what he does in a Met uniform that counts; not a USA one. Ultimately, the later matters none.”
Exactly, where was all this last year in the second half as the team was faltering? but the thing is, if you bring that up then you’re pegged as a hater. Again, fans don’t care about his “Hot Streak” because they’re afraid he’d be hot now then cold as sh** in april and may as he’s a streaky hitter. I rather nor would’ve cared that he’d be 0-29 if he started the METS SEASON on fire…
BTW, ROBINSON JOSE CANO’s stat line isn’t pretty bad:
632 BA 2 HR 6 RBI 5 RUNS 1780 OPS
Alex,
The problem with the continual harping on his season last year is that he had a very good season. .300/21/94 are stats Met fans will take every year from him. True he took an inconsistent route to his usual stats with his splits H1 to H2 differing greatly. But you know one of the main reasons the Mets were in it at the AS break was because Wright hit about .340 or .350. And, if he reversed it and the Mets were 15 games out at the break, you would have said he showed up when it didnt count. All the games count.
My one problem with Wright last year is that he altered his approach at the plate trying to hit the long ball. I dont know why these players listen to the fans or reporters who constantly whine about HRs. Murphy has played this Spring due to an injury caused by trying to add more power. Wright starts to try to jack the ball over the left field fence and starts striking out like Kirk and his production drops. He should be smart enough to stay within his game and realize that one person does not make a team.
Other than that, I will take what Wright did every year.
task, i do agree that every game matter, from april to september, however, don’t try and tell that to mets fans, the guy hit 243 in 2008 with RISP, however, the point out how he did so so in september it’s ok to forget how garbage he was with RISP the rest of the year. Double Standard
Alex,
To be honest, that is most baseball fans. Few seem to realize that September is no more important that April no matter what the sport reporters and others try to make it out to be. Remember, Reggie was called Mr October, not Mr September. And George called Winfield Mr May because he didnt produce in the playoffs. That is when it counts if one is going to separate things out. Some guys show up in the playoffs, others do not.
A first versus second half splits mean little as do monthly comparisons. If we are going to do that, why not compare Wrights August to his June.
Alex, you say he hit .243, which he did but neglect to mention that he had 73 RBI’s with RISP. Also you bring up how Robinson Cano is killing it in the WBC, in very much the same exhibition tournament, while you criticize Wright for doing it against a bunch of nobodies. Double standard much?
Face it. You do not like David Wright. It’s similar to the Beltran haters (which I’m also guessing you’re a member of that club) who hate him for one idiotic reason or another like the called strike three on perhaps the NASTIEST curveball thrown (even if he swung he’d have likely missed), or even worse the Curtain Call issue which he didn’t initially want to come out due to his mistreatment the previous season. The Wright hate is completely illogical. There is no legitimate reason for there to be hate for a man who has done a lot for this team. If you want to blame someone blame either ownership or Minaya or both. Not David Wright.
Andrew, you cannot be more wrong. I like the guy, all i do is point out his flaws and people confuse that to hatred which can’t be further from the truth. the guy is a good player, a good player, not a superstar, not a franchise player, a good player who happens to be the best player on a bad team, simple as that, same things that was said about beltran and reyes even though they applied to wright cannot be said about wright, my problem is not with wright, but with his bias fans, who seem to not see any flaws with the guy and as soon as one said something slightly negative about the guy one is called a hater
about cano, he is having a better WBC than wright no? Better BA, HR, RUNS, HITS, SLUG% OBP, OPS, so why would i not mention he’s having a better WBC? But you don’t see me going goo goo gaga over cano because it’s about the team, i’m old school and i want to win, individual stats are just that, individual stats, this tournament it’s about the best team, not the best player, you think anybody will remember wright if USA loses? Remember in 2006 when griffey was on fire? No? ahhh, of course, team USA lost!!!! that is what it’s all about.
also, as i stated before, noone in here wanted the tournament etc, now everyoen is strapped in because Captain America is having a good 4 game run? Come on…..
I call bull on you Alex. You ARE going nuts over Cano. Why else bring up the comparison? You bring up his “flaws” by nit-picking. You say you’re a Wright fan but point to the most miniscule things to prove that he’s not a “great” player when that simply is not true. He was one of the better 3rd Baseman in all of baseball, certainly in the NL at least. Face it, he IS a superstar, he IS a Franchise player, but a superstar does need help. Rarely in baseball do you see just one player completely carry a team for an entire season. So you asking him to do so is impossible and idiotic. I don’t think the Mets will make the playoffs this season, but they are vastly improved from the mess that was the 2010 Mets. I think a long run of playoff contention is likely to begin in 2014. With Wheeler, Harvey, Niese, likely Montero, and Gee. Add in Syndergaard and some outfield help Wright will be a key piece for this team going forward, despite your protestations.
I still dislike the timing of the WBC, but it’s nice to see a Met as center stage.
I hate the timing to. I would rather see it after the WS. It’s so early that I am just not ready for it.
That and you have guys pushing themselves so early. Would prefer to see it end of October or something along those lines.
Yea and if there are any injuries, even minor ones, then you don’t have it impacting the season.
I think if you had the WBC after the WS, you’d probably get even less participation.
Guys that went home after September probably aren’t going to be up to coming back in Nov. to play in the WBC.
They’ve been debating the timing of this for awhile now. Not sure what the best answer is.
Well for one thing before or after or during the season if they want more participation they are either going to have to pay them significantly OR require them to do it.
My favorite part of the WBC is how much it literally stings the small amount of Mets fans who do not like Wright when he has success and that he is basically the “story” of the WBC right now
“The story” to non-Americans is how Robinson Cano is owning the WBC. People should look beyond their love for homegrown players.
Wright will impress me when he does it like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZlIiB-nN-k
and then the next year…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq8lAICUFxQ
and this is what Captain America does in June
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHQzL3iy4Z8
You are missing the point, part of the amazement is the fact that the US TEAM is changing the perception of the Wbc, bringing positive attention.
People with OPEN minds realize sometimes that once they give something a chance and learn more about it they actually change their minds and appreciate something they previously hadnt. These people are not Hippocrates but INTELLIGENT.
This.
You know Selig is loving this (rolling my eyes at anything Selig has his fingers in).
“These people are not Hippocrates but INTELLIGENT.”
I’m not a doctor, but I play one on the internet.
I always find that entertaining as well. That though life’s experiences people can’t change their minds. This always pops up with politics and candidates being accused of flip-flopping. Not flip-flopping, more informed. I think it was yesterday that I quoted Lincoln in that 13 years before the Civil War he was championing the right of the people to rise up and separate from their government. Did he flip flop or become more informed?
I would take the WBC over the All Star game any day. This is real competitive baseball at it’s highest level and features the best of the best. And one of our own would win the MVP of the competition if they had one.
Perhaps Robinson Cano’s numbers would interest you. He’s only hitting over .630
Yes, I’m sure the discussion about that over at River Ave Blues or somewhere is quite lively.
If we were able to get to the post season, Daviid Wright would carry this team on his back the rest of the way. He has no fear of pressure and embraces big moments and the spotlight. I hope we can get to the post season and that we have the horses to do so.
Thanks mary, i needed a good laugh this morning.
5 years ago, back when everyone thought Wright was clutch under pressure…a guy named Joe D wrote this article…after the 2008 season
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2008/11/david-wright-needs-to-take-a-c.html
Let me preface this post by saying David Wright is my favorite Met by far. Okay, that said, let me proceed with the utmost of caution…
On the surface, David Wright had a phenomenal year at the plate, particularly in the RBI department. In 2008 he drove in 124 runners, so no complaints there, right?
Well forgive me for probably standing all alone on this one gripe, but it just seemed that every time David Wright came up with guys in scoring position and we needed a huge hit, he either struck out or popped up most of the time. Come on, you saw it too, didn’t you?
I came across an interesting stat while reading a Peter Gammons article this morning. Guess who led the National League in at-bats with runners in scoring position?
Give up? It’s yours truly, David Wright… who led the league with a whopping 189 at-bats with runners in scoring position. What was his batting average in those 189 at-bats? A very disappointing .243.
Imagine if Wright eased up on the pressure he puts on himself, and just batted like David Wright normally bats?
David Wright is a career .306 hitter, but he absolutely becomes somebody else when the pressure is on. It’s why I’ve always protested the fact that he is our number three hitter.
I know, I know, me thinks you protest too much…
Look, there’s nothing wrong with trying to improve certain aspects of the Mets offense with just a little tweak. For two straight seasons we failed to make the post season by just one game.
One game… One hit… One more RBI…
Maybe in a few years, Wright can become patient enough to be the number three hitter, but until then, the five spot looks more appropriate for him.
I love Wright, but the Mets are handling him all wrong.
- Joe D
So in your theory Wright was VERY clutch in 2006 and 2007 hitting .365, .449, .611, 1.060 in 2006 and .310, .431, .544, .970 in 2007 and also very clutch last year hitting .317, .440, .500, .940. ???
I haven’t watched a game due to not being a cable subscriber. The timing of the classic is also annoying; however, as Alex noted above it is interesting to see how much better Wright is in a good line-up. I know the pitchers are not always ML caliber guys but the latin players are in mid season form due to winter ball so that should count for something right. I’m really looking forward to this season and I think we have a good chance for meaningful September games but hey I think that every year lol.
I would rather watch a guy named Randy play and coach baseball in Bayonne than watch the WBC. That’s real baseball. NOT!
I like D. Wright, don’t like the name. Captian America was an army shrimp who became Captain America after being injected with drugs. NOT what baseball wants to portray.
Wait…there’s a comic book or cartoon character named Captain America?
I didn’t now that. Thought it was just a name someone coined for Wright and it caught on.
LOL…He’s only been a Comic Superhero for as long as…Well as long as there have been comic superheros!
Superman being the first in 1938 and Captain America since 1941.
So either I missed the sarcasm or you need to rent the Avengers or the Captain America movie.
No sarcasm…LOL. Obviously I have no clue about comic book and/or super heros.
I am familiar with Superman though…..
LOL, come on SRT. That’s hard to believe. You really were obsessed with the Mets weren’t you?
LOL, obviously.
Also being female and having no brothers – only sisters – I guess I just wasn’t exposed to or into this kind of stuff. I inherited my obsession with all things Mets from my Dad. Safe to say he wasn’t into super heroes either.
I honestly had no idea who Captain America was/is.
Kind of what I figured….But didn’t want to say it and get accused of making a sexist statement….LOL
And Captain America is a bit understandable since the TV version of the cartoons that were popular in the early 60′s seemingly disappeared and never aired again, not even to this day.
In the Early 60′s it was mostly Marvel stuff on TV (Spiderman, Ironman, Capt America and Hulk) and then DC took over (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash)
So you need to be over 45 to really have been exposed to them when you were a kid….
And since all Women are aged 21 (Or you get hit in the Valdespin) you have a good explanation and excuse here! LOL
No offense would have been taken, Metsie.
And I’ll admit to being ‘a tad’ over 45 but still have no clue. Probably b/c as a kid, I wasn’t much into cartoons as a whole. The ones I did watch were not along the lines of the super hero type. I remember watching more of the thee Bugs Bunny, Felix the cat and Road Runner types of cartoons.
I Wish Saturdays were fun again…LOL
I actually have collected just about all the old WB cartoons and have them on my media server….
Great for when My nephew comes around….
Felix the Cat….Why has that not ever aired again?
I blame Oprah for this (lol and Judge Judy too)…Since she came around it’s all talk shows (and Courtroom Reality) in the afternoon where before you would come home from school and be given a steady diet of cartoons till dinner was ready….
Actually I guess the target audience wouldn’t see them anyway unless it was TXTed to their phones! LOL
All of them more expensive than the FREE they used to be!
Also a movie
Captain America: The First Avenger(2011) Stars:
Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson|
124 min – Action|Adventure|Sci-Fi – 22 July 2011 (USA)
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals.
So, it was Joe D who first came up with the nick Captain America? Cool. Congrats, Joe D. I’m amazed it caught on so quickly. The announcers were using it all the time last night during the game. That shows the amazing power of twitter.
Captain America is calling!
USA
USA
USA
Well “the core” would be posting endlessly about it, so it’d be getting a ton of attention that way, if he didn’t play well. You already seemed to be prepping for that before yesterdays game wanting to now evaluate him (off on 1 gm) after he started getting all this “attention”. (Not that playing in NY doesn’t garner attention).
I don’t think the WBC is that big of a deal compared to the season. But the games have been exciting and fans and players really get into it. I’d rather Wright have a really great season for the Mets than a really great handful of games for team USA. But I don’t see why people out there get so angry about Wright doing well and/or get upset about him getting some praise from the media for playing well/doing nice things.
” But I don’t see why people out there get so angry about Wright doing well and/or get upset about him getting some praise from the media for playing well/doing nice things.”
Because we are Mets fans I guess. 2nd to only Philly fans in booing our own.
Heck, there are Phillies and Yankees fans who are rooting for Wright right now. It’s just astonishing and hilarious that there are some Mets fans here who would actually like nothing more than to see him FAIL in the WBC. Says a lot about those Mets fans.
I’m rooting for Gio and Rollins and Kimbrel and Heath Bell, too. All of them. I just wish Torre had chosen Howard or Ike for first base, however, instead of Hosmer. And batting Stanton 8th? SMH. Torre is a terrible manager.
Keep in mind it isn’t fair to judge Torre on his managing for a team whose hands are often tied by rules and agreements.
There was no rule that said he had to hit Stanton 8th or Hosmer 5th. And while I am speculating, I believe the choice of Hosmer was Torre’s. He is the one who chose Hosmer. Maybe he didn’t want too many NL players on his squad? Also, in his first lineup before Teixeira had to be scratched, he had Teixeira hitting 5th, ahead of Wright who was somewhere like 7th in the lineup. It was only after Teixeira left that he placed Wright higher.
So my gripe with Torre has nothing to do with rules and regulations but about his own choices.
But we don’t know about how many AB’s certain players have to get etc. Perhaps he hit Hosmer higher because he wanted him to get more plate appearances. Again, I think just as it was last time, it’s difficult to judge a manager’s performance when you don’t know all the circumstances surrounding it.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there is no rule saying how many ABs a player has to get. And if KC said to Torre they will only let Hosmer participate if he gets so many ABs, then he should have just said no thanks and gone with Howard or Ike. I can think of no other plausible reason other than his own whim why he would bat Stanton 8th and Hosmer 5th. Nothing else makes sense.
Getting work in at this point in March is more critical for starters than relievers or position players. I believe it’s only the starters like Gio and Dickey who have tight restrictions on them. All other players can be used at the manager’s whim, more or less.
Actually based on what I have read and hear all the teams give demands on how many PA they want a player to get at minimum. Remember they have to be ready for regular season after this and no parent team wants their player sitting around.
Not all teams are asking for a specific number of plate appearances and it’s not a hard and fast rule. The restrictions on the starting pitchers are hard and fast rules. But regardless of what some team wants for their position player, Torre has the option to do as he wishes in terms of playing the position players. And why wouldn’t the Marlins have an issue with Stanton getting much fewer plate appearances than Hosmer? Torre even sat Stanton for game 2.
I just don’t think the players’ teams are having any impact on Torre’s lineup. They shouldn’t and I don’t believe they are.
Again we will disagree because I saw the same strange things last time. Tough week for us I guess.
Maybe you saw the same strange things last time because the manager did something strange last time too! LOL. I don’t know why you would defend Torre this way when there is no evidence teams are “demanding” a specific number of ABs for their players and no evidence that even if they were, that baseball would allow it. In fact If I am MLB, I would prohibit teams from making such demands in the first place for position players. Again, I think there are only rules in place for the starters, and to some extent for the relievers.
Damn you get defensive over ex and current Yankees. I saw the same thing last time and it’s just common sense. Who the hell would let their player go to the WBC to sit and ride the pine instead of getting AB’s in ST. They won’t be ready and the team paying them would be pissed. While there may not be a written rule, I am sure it is expected that Joe still get these guys ready for the season.
On the same coin there are very likely rules about how far NOT to play players…
No Team is going to want thier starter going 8 innings at this point of the season and risk arm injury….
As for Stanton hitting 8th….SOMEONE has to!
And when you have a team of mostly All Stars it never seems right whoever gets that spot because anyone batting there seems like a head scratcher!
I am willing to bet there are even rules similar to the All Star game that says each player on the team has to make so many appearances just to get them all into what is essentially a promotional event for MLB.
Metsie – there are specific rules for pitchers that include pitch counts, etc.
Nothing specific that I know of for position players.
Yup, srt. The pitchers have very specific pitch counts for EACH round of the competition, with the pitch counts rising as they get closer to the finals. There are rules about the relievers as well, I believe.
But there no rules regarding the position players. That’s the point.
Right, I am sure there may not be specific rules because it would be damn hard to actually ensure a certain amount of AB’s. I am saying that it is most likely expected of Joe to get these guys plate appearances and to have them ready for the season.
Again, sure, he wants to get them ready for the season. But HOW he does that is totally up to him. IOW, hitting Hosmer 5th and Stanton 8th was totally arbitrary and not based on any promise he made to anyone. And flipping the two would not have made an appreciable difference in each player’s readiness for the season. But it might have had a big impact on the game itself — had Wright not extended the lead later in the game.
Nothing in Writing SRT but I’m sure there are some unwritten guidelines all the teams signed off on as understood to avoid some team from witholding thier players from the series….
Sure, but the point is, it’s totally up to Torre. And players ARE sitting and getting fewer ABs. That’s the way it has to be since there are only so many ABs in a game and only so many games. So Torre decides who gets the most ABs. Not the players’ teams.
I doubt any team even expressed any wishes about their position players.
As for ex-Yankees, how can I get defensive about them when I am not defending them? LOL. And many have said Torre is not a great game manager. What I am saying is not new.
“I doubt any team even expressed any wishes about their position players.”
Boy to me that is very naive to think.
I should have said in terms of ABs. No doubt they might raise a concern if a player might be used out of position, which sometimes happens in games like these, but other than that I can’t see a team calling Torre and saying “hey, be sure to play my guy everyday” or “make sure he bats 5th in the order.” I mean if they did, Torre should have just said he can’t promise them anything.
The only valid concern the teams should have is when it comes to the players’ health and safety. That’s it.
“We’re going to take good care of the players and if all the plans go right we’ll send them back in good shape and ready to start the season,” Torre
Again, if you don’t think that teams are concerned about a player getting enough work in before they send them then we will agree to disagree. IF Torre just lets a player ride the pine the entire time not only is that player not going to be ready and the team pissed at Torre but most likely they aren’t going to send anyone the next time.
TRS, of course Torre is going to make sure they all stay healthy and in shape. But that doesn’t mean teams are dictating to Torre where to bat players in the order and how often they play in games. Those are two different things. The point being, dropping Stanton to 8th and hitting Hosmer 5th was totally Torre’s decision — and not the KC Royals!
I think we are missing each others points so we shall move on.
My point has always been that it was exclusively Torre’s decision to bat Hosmer 5th and Stanton 8th and to sit Stanton in game 2. No one dictated that to him.
Maybe you should have simply defended those decisions rather than try to speculate that Torre was being dictated to on that level … that it was out of his hands. There is no evidence he was told to do that, and he probably would have declined the job if he had been.
Why would I debate that if I didn’t believe it? Again, moving on.
Well, of course one can bring up any theories they like, but at some point, without any evidence to support that theory, then it makes sense just to admit it’s simply speculation and to agree to disagree.
There is no evidence that teams made stipulations regarding certain number of ABs or position in the batting order or how many games their players got into. And there is no evidence Torre would even be amenable to working under such stipulations.
Of course it’s just speculation. LOL.
Well, at some point I thought you were arguing it wasn’t just speculation. At some point if it’s just speculation, there is nothing left to argue.
Saying Torre has to protect the pitchers is not speculation. Those are tournament rules about that. But saying he has to give players so many at bats or has to listen to what teams want in terms of that is pure baseless speculation. Just saying.
Anything is possible. But in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we’re left with the only logical conclusion that it was strictly Torre’s decision to bat Hosmer 5th and Stanton 8th, and to sit Stanton in game 2.
From what I heard in the booth last night, Torre sat Stanton in game 2, and moved him down in the line up for last night’s game because he looked awful at the plate and wanted to get him going. Worked for last night. Plus that great catch of his in RF.
Exactly, srt. While I disagree with Torre’s reasoning and choices, it was HIS choice to sit and bat Stanton lower in the lineup.
Teams should have no say in how many ABs their position players get in the WBC, and I don’t believe they actually do.
‘Teams should have no say in how many ABs their position players get in the WBC, and I don’t believe they actually do.’
I agree. I wasn’t disputing that point. I’m sure Torre does try to balance that though as these guys have given up part of their ST to play in the WBC. They need to get their work in.
Hosmer was chosen mainly b/c it was a last minute move – they wanted a LH hitter who was already in AZ and Hosmer fit that bill.
I think Torre did fine in selecting the team – most of that is out of his hands anyway when it come to who wants to play. The excessive bunting and the lineup construction are a bit questionable…but so far things have worked out ok
Yeah, jeff, I know that’s what they said. But did Howard and Ike suddenly become righties? Did the airlines go on strike? Fact is, they replaced Teixeira with Hosmer at least 2 days before the tournament started. There was plenty of time for someone else to fly there.
Speaking of Torre….bunting with 2 on and no outs with that stacked lineup? Ridiculous.
I guess maybe he thought if they could get on the board early then Italy would fold?
Maybe…who knows what Torre is thinking. But you have to admit most of these guys have a much better chance swinging away then bunting and giving up an out.
Mr. March!
Lol Mr. March indeed. He has not been Mr. Clutch for the Mets in the past. Won’t matter this year, because this is a terrible team. This is as competitive a set of games Wright will be involved in all year.
the story is david wright because it’s USA being relevant in the WBC, however, if there’s a player who’s on fire, he plays for the dominican team, and more importantly to the fans of the team he plays for, he’d likely put up really good numbers and be in the MVP consideration, look at his stats in the WBC so far:
632 BA 2 HR 6 RBI 5 RUNS 1780 OPS
And that’s great, If this were a Yankee fansite we would be all over it and calling him Mr. Dimples instead. Since he is a Yankee and since I am American I say eff him. Now if he was on team Italy, I would be rooting for him since I am Italian, but I wouldn’t expect others to follow suit unless they were fans of the MLB club he is on.
Looks like you have officially been booted out of the Core Salty. Sad day, you had worked so hard
I can understand this mindset.
I’m rooting for the USA – if they were booted I might be rooting for Italy for the same reason you stated, plus they’re kind of the underdog at the moment. They were predicted to be eliminated early.
I’m having a hard enough time rooting for Rollins, even though he’s on the USA team. lol.
SRT, but you root for team USA, that’s the whole thing. i don’t like the yankees, nor the jays or even the rangers, but the best players we had are from those teams, so i have to root for them to do good because is march and they’re playing for our country.
Why shouldn’t you be able to root for your country? Is anyone telling you not to? It’s just on here I would think you would understand why people would champion Wright more than Cano?
Call me a Homer….
But any Baseball that does not entail a MET Uniform really doesn’t interest me….
I didn’t watch a single Playoff game last year and only tuned in late for the WS once a winner could be had…
I really have much better things to do with my Time than to watch some team other than my own win a baseball game!
Team USA? I hope they win but I’m not all that interested in watching them do it even if Wright is the hero for them….
Unless there is nothing better to do or watch I really don’t bother with any sport being played that doesn’t involve my favorite team….And once they are done for the season I move on to the next thing!
Salty, do me a favor. don’t comment or reply to me. i have 0 interesting in engaging in conversation with you. please respect my demand or i will be force to tell Joe D. thanks
“Please respect my demand…”
This is priceless. Who needs the Onion when satire like this is running rampant. I can combine both humor and baseball in one fail swoop.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-raI00KIBers/T-jdNxHBuRI/AAAAAAAAAA4/rRAngfbzi3c/s1600/Cartman.jpg
WTF, he salutes me one day and kicks me to the curb the next just because I am rooting for a Met. I should of been disrespectful, so much for taking the high road.
I’ll have a talk with Alex and bring this matter up at our next Core meeting.
Is that like AA?
No it’s nothing like AA or NA (Nomads Anonymous). It’s more like a think tank or as Alex would say, a drunk tank. lol
Or more like the Bat Cave?
To the Bat Cave Robin!!!
Nothing to discuss maniac… The CORE’s #1 rule is: No phonies allow.
Did you break in then or was the door open?
Well, be it the group was created to fight phonies and keep em away…
So you broke in?
Hey now, I know we rarely see eye to eye but give me one reason why you think I am a phony. I never waiver.You don’t have to like me, you don’t have to respect me, I really don’t give a crap but you know damn well I always tell it straight.
I leave you with one more definition for the day and I am willing to bet you use it frequently from now on.
Definition of IRONY
: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning.
“Ironic statements (verbal irony) often convey a meaning exactly opposite from their literal meaning. In ironic situations (situational irony), actions often have an effect exactly opposite from what is intended.”
Example of Irony….
Player A is 29, wants 100Mil for 6 years and shouldn’t get it (not even an offer) because he is too old, will decline, and we never won WITH him so might as well lose without him but….
Player B is 30 Wants 137 Mil over 8 years and SHOULD get it because none of what I said about Player Applies on Thursday only one wednesdays and only in conversations about Player A or anyone whose FACE is Slightly darker than Caucasian….
And you should NEVER use my own arguments against me or your NOT A FAN!
SMH. These comments are just sad.
Throw in a few happy ones…
Here’s a happy one…
Hey Clayton, this morning this post was ranked No. 1 on FOX and Yardbarker’s MLB TOP 40!
Way to go, kid!!!
Got that covered, Joe. It looks like everyone here needs to listen to a song about being happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfNajFYPljQ
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know Joe!
Come on, guys… Alex is entitled to his opinions even when they are in the tiny minority. Since instituting the new ban policy he has made a noticeable effort in what he says and how he says it and for that I commend him. I’m just saying that we need to cut him some slack and that everyone’s opinion matters whether we agree or not.
Oh he’s as welcome to his opinion as anyone else. It’s just that like anyone else when his opinion is full of crap and baseless people are going to click the reply button Joe. Just as many do when we post something. You can’t be on a blog and expect to post opinions and not have someone reply to them.
And yours aren’t??? you are the biggest phony in this site, not sure why many times you have criticize the blog and its writers yet spend all day here, trying to be the bigger and better person, everyone in here has an opinion, problem is, you try to butt in all of them, it’s very sad and pathetic to be honest, you ask people for their respect, yet what do you do with the stuff you say to others? I am growing tired of behaving good because all i get is your trying to bait me into insulting you, who cares if i write hypocresy, hipocresia, what difference does it make? noooo, to you it makes a different right? like i said, unless this is the desert don’t try to correct people or tell them what to do or not to do, you don’t own this blog, joe d does and he doesn’t do the sh** you do, the same way you alwways help your 7 people from the desert i suggest you correct them or tell them what to do, in here you’re just like the rest of us, a simple blogger with an opinion, i don’t mind replying back to people when they talk baseball, hell, i discuss baseball with you, but it’s my prerogative who i wanna talk to no? FDB
Actually on a blog Alex, it isn’t your prerogative who reads and responds to your comments. That’s the point of a blog.
Also,
“all i get is your trying to bait me into insulting you”
I will say again, is it only here that baiting is an excuse for adults to misbehave? You are an adult and hopefully in control of your own actions. Hopefully.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying don’t reply with any sort of rebuttal. I’m just saying let’s dispense with the sideshow antics, and not just with him but with everyone. It’s the tone of a reply that usually leads to trouble. And of course this applies to him as well and he knows it because there’s been a positive change in his commenting behavior on MMO of late. I don’t mind his minority opinions or his Devil’s Advocate way of getting his point across.
To each his own, it certainly is your blog. But when you have a guy telling other posters not to comment on his responses or he will run and tell you I don’t think that is what you were shooting for.
I only have told you and salty not to comment because i don’t wanna get banned from here…. plain and simple. you’re a DB and we’ve seen it throughout here, you don’t respect one opinions, you’re always butting in and trying to be better than everyone, don’t tell joe d how to run his blog, if anything, copy what he does in order for yours to be successful as his. don’t come in to a baseball blog to try to correct my grammar, nobody else does it, i didn’t ask for your help, and not even the correction is my problem, is the way you approach the situation..
again, go to your desert if you want people to respect you or listen to your great opinions, in here you’re as irrelevant as a visor in the rain…
Alex notice how as an adult in this conversation while being baited I have yet to call you a name? That my friend is the opposite of fdb.
Oh Come on now….
You have done the same things to multiple posters here including me….
Hello POT Meet the Kettle!
Actually I can attest to the fact that I do not recall ever emailing Joe with the intentions of him banning anyone. Never did that here or anywhere else.
I guess you misunderstood….
I was commenting on your bit about asking people not to reply to you….
you HAVE done that before…..
Actually Metsie, best I can recall I place a moratorium on myself commenting on your post. Have I ever for simplicity also ask you to not comment on mine? Maybe, don’t remember. But again, that was just about you.
No you actually asked me to comply with it as well…
But I am a stubborn SOB when all is said and done! LOL
That doesn’t surprise me. But I think you might be the exception to a lot of things.
Thats cause I’m so Exceptional!
I feel I should of at least got a warning before being kicked out of the core today. WTF
I would imagine all you need to do to get back in is say 13 David Wright sux and 12 Alderson blows and you will be forgiven.
Hail Alderson full of grace, the lord is with Wright…
Wait wait, I meant hail Omar. Ah crap.
Well never mind, you are doomed now for sure.
It’s kinda like the Mafia….
You screw up, No warning is given you just get Whacked and dumped on fountain ave.
And it’s usually your best friend that does it! LOL
ROFL!
La Cora Nostra or the Coremoura
That group was made to PRO-CORE the truth, huh?
Metsie don’t get caught up in the usual parade of off-topic posts that always follow the RDM crew around. It will start out as a response to the topic and before you know it, the ensuing parade of comments after the initial give and take on topic degenerate into a slew of comments that have nothing to do with the topic.
I call it the RDM Hair Parlor Gossip. They do it ALL the time. Probably around 50-100 of these comments are RDM people talking off topic.
They do it all the time…and the guy runs a blog himself. Don’t fall for it Metsie
AHHHHH you just did it yourself. Our EEEEEVIIIIL plan is WOOORRRRKING!!!
TRS what kind of conditioner do you use?
Air?
Who is the best heavy weight champion ever?
Flair!!
Hi Guys,
Seems every time I prepare myself to watch a game, I get distracted from something else and then completely forget that it’s on, only finding out what occured at the tail end of a sports recap.
For some reason, as much as I want to get myself up for watching the WBC, I just haven’t been able to get into it and enjoy the fun.
Make sure you are ready for Thursday’s game. USA vs RD should be pretty killer.
This is not a knock on Wright, but come on already. Three days in a row of this Captain America stuff? Enough already. Pretty soon people are gonna start saying things like they do about Cerrone and Baron’s obsession with Wright. Do you really want that on your conscience?
Maniac, I am sure once the season starts and there are no positive stories to run then things will be back to normal. LOL.
As for now, the reason that it keeps being a story is that the US keeps winning and Wright keeps driving in runs. Once that stops, back to the negativity again.
Rumor has it that the name of MMO will change to AWAT–”All Wright All the Time”
This would be the perfect background image.
http://i.imgur.com/vrtlZqM.png?1
I guess you’ll need to add an orange “C” to that uniform at some point.
OMG his “C” should totally have the flag as the background on his regular uniform. Mr. North, can your skills pull that off?
That would be so awesome if they could do something like that! I wonder if MLB would approve that or not though.
You’re 2014 CF is off the market. Sorry bud.
Actually, I know of one individual who is a die-heart Met fan and is crazy over David but was rooting for him and his team to fair….
a friend of mine at work whose sister made arrangements to see the Mets in spring training this week end and is so depressed she won’t be seeing him there.
Why is it so hard to be happy about a NEW YORK MET playing well for TEAM USA?
It’s not. It’s just hard for some to deal with seeing it expressed.
Connor — I don’t think it’s that he’s a Met. It’s because he’d David Wright. Some here just have this irrational hatred and resentment for him. If it were Duda, Harvey or Ike playing for the USA team and they did well, these same folks who are knocking Wright now would be jumping up and down and cheering for those players. Sad.