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2013
Mets Make It Official, David Wright Named Team Captain
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Updated on 3/21
Terry Collins just announced that the Mets have named David Wright the captain of the New York Mets.
Wright becomes the fourth captain in team history, joining Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, and John Franco.
“This is probably one of the proudest days of my career so far,” Wright said.
“To be viewed in this light – by ownership, by Sandy and the front office, the coaching staff, and most importantly by the players – means a great deal to me. I’m honored and proud to be on the short list of guys of captains of this franchise. It’s a dream come true, to say the least, and something I am very, very proud of.”
Wright will not wear the “C” on his jersey, unlike the captains before him.
Interestingly enough, yesterday I think I told Clayton (was it you Clayton?) that this news was going to break today.
Original Post 3/13
From Bakersfield, California to Bayonne, New Jersey, Mets third baseman David Wright has become an overnight sensation as he continues to shine for Team USA in the World baseball Classic. Step aside Justin Bieber.
From trending nationally on Twitter to being the hot baseball topic on sports talk shows from coast to coast, Wright has gone from face of the Mets franchise to the face of Team USA and his fans now number in the millions.
Meanwhile, back in Port St. Lucie, the buzz about Wright goes beyond his exploits in the WBC and questions regarding his captaincy still continue. Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, caught up with Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, who is happy for Wright and said It’s nice that they’re calling him Captain America.
When asked if Wright would be named the Mets’ team captain before Opening Day, Wilpon responded by saying he could not talk about it, but Rubin believes it sounded like something could be happening soon. If it does happen, Wright would become the fourth captain in team history, joining Keith Hernandez (1987-89), Gary Carter (1988-89) and John Franco (2001-04).
Of course, the big story of the Spring is David Wright’s dominating performance in the WBC for Team USA. He leads the team with a .438 batting average, .750 slugging percentage and a 1.276 OPS. Wright’s 10 RBIs are also the most in the WBC.
This great graphic of Wright as Captain America was designed and posted by @theroar_24 on Twitter and has been making the rounds all over the Mets blogosphere. I love it!
Team USA will battle against the powerhouse Dominican Republic at Marlins Park on Thursday night at 7:00 PM in what is certain to be an epic clash. The winner will move onto the semi-final round at San Francisco’s AT&T Park.
Former Met and reigning NL Cy Young R.A. Dickey will be on the mound for Team USA and will face-off against Samuel Deduno for the DR.
GO TEAM USA!
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Wright has been tremendous and seeing the cutaways to Felix Perez cheering Wright on and getting so excited warms the cockles of my cold dead heart. Plus it’s always nice to see a player from your ‘team’ shine on a bigger stage be it the WBC or All-Star game.
I think this shows what D Wright can do when you put some talent around him in the batting order. Lets face it, he has not had that since 2007!
No kidding – take notes Fred!!
or…this is what Wright produces when he is facing glorified dishwashers in smaller stadiums in an all-star lineup?
Joe D and co, I have the idea on how to stop some of the angry back and forth that takes place once Bayonne, Alex, JDD and crew get going on their anti-Wright, anti-Alderson rants. Just add a Debbie Downer reply button. One of us can click it and it plays the Waaa Waaaaa! sound for Debbie Downer. And then we move on.
That is an interesting idea.
get going on their anti-Wright, anti-Alderson”
I didn’t know being 100% correct about a person is being anti or against that person….
What makes you think that you are any more correct than we are? Aren’t we all basically full of crap?
So ReturnOfTheThing wants all “anti-Alderson” people gone? That’s nice. He must be a resident of that horrendous site Amazhin Ava-nuh. BTW the rework of that site has made it even worse than it was before – awesome!
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PLEASE RESUME YIOUR QUEST FOR THE PROPER DEFINITION OF THE WORD “JUST”
ie. HONORABLE & FAIR IN DEALINGS & ACTIONS, RIGHTEOUS, PROPERLY MERITED
TO COVER A FEW, IMPROVMENTS U NEED TO LOCATE OR SHED YOUR MONIKER… AS INANE!
I was blown away by a Yankees fan coworker calling him “Captain America” today.
Off topic but did anyone notice that the Brewers resigned Carlos Gomez to a four year deal? I wanted the Mets to go after him as a free agent after this season.
Yes, I did. And so did I.
o well, there goes plan A…
plan B for CF in the 2014 season?
Beltran too old?
Ellsbury injury prone, expensive?
Granderson, plays in a bandbox, old?
LMAO
From Bakersfield, California to Bayonne, New Jersey,
That’s not instigating?
If he banned himself it would probably create a worm-hole in the internet.
Hmm, maybe Joe will have to ban himself?
nah, it’s a joke and i thought it was funny…i laughed to myself here, lol
And kudos to you for your “Mr. March” line this morning. I laughed at that.
Lmao, that was the first i notice too…. Well done though. Very clever.
ROFL Joe D, I see what you did there!
I’s pretty psyched for tomorrow’s game. As a Met fan it just seems like our meaningful baseball is now. USA!!!
Does this mean that the core is actually headquartered in Bakersfield? I always thought that it was east coast based. Learn something new every day.
I thought it was Gotham?
Oh, Man.
Could you imagine the uproar if we traded this guy?
Ray, i am sorry, has the regular season started yet? would it matter to you if he’s the best player on team USA, they end up winning the whole thing, but then once the REAL season begins he ends up hitting 280 15 75 with the mets again finishing 4th or maybe last? would there be an uproar? You people have got to be kidding me with some of the comments you’re making right now… Stop this nonsense…
If he keeps it up and Team USA wins the whole thing, this guy is in for as much endorsements and marketing money as playing money.
Maybe this will get him into ASG this year because last year’s start was hijacked by online Bay area techno’s
What? Another Wright article? Too funny. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say Joe D is trolling the Wright haters.
That Photoshopped image is pretty awesome.
I have to agree, I think David Wright has had more MARCH stories than any other Met that I can ever remember. March. As a matter of fact I think David Wright may have had the greatest MARCH any Met has ever had!
March.
In my best horse-racing call:
….and they’re off…..and all the Pom Pom wavers and in an early lead and VERY LOUD……
What’s that about he who laughs last?
So if wright fails you will laugh? good. we know who you are.
no one is laughing at wright…
they are laughing at his STANS
who will need to come up with another scientific lunar relation to his failings in clutch situations
stans ?- i dont know that term. please enlighten me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RMI_Pc4exc
“What’s that about he who laughs last?”
They didn’t get the joke.
I love March.
The WBC has made March relevant.
March! March! March on!
It’s like madness!
oh wait, that is taken…
Pitchers will walk Wright 100+ times this year, not only that he will have no good pitches to hit with runners in scoring position if Ike doesn’t destroy the ball, and Ike better destroy the ball otherwise why would any opposing pitcher throw anything close to the strike zone to Wright?
Listen, good luck to team USA and its fans today, it should be a good game. of course, been born and raise in DR my heart still there although i’ve been here longer than many of you have been alive, if team DR loses and somehow doesn’t advance, i will want team USA to win it all.
This wright stuff is done on purpose so i won’t even comment anymore and the ridiliculousness of the whole Captain America stuff, it’s just becoming a joke. Like i said about DW, see me in july, by then the mets should be irrelevant and about 20 games out of first, THEN i will be the one asking most of you about Captain America
Gotta love Captain America! Team USA is stacked.
This should be a great game tonight. Two of the best teams going at it head to head in this tournament. Good luck to your country’s team as well.
After watching that Italy/PR game last night, it occurred to me that a lineup stacked up and down with good hitters is really secondary. It all comes down to pitching, pitching, pitching and good defense. Italy lost that game last night b/c their defense fell apart in the 8th.
SRT, yeah, i was watchng it too, it’s amazing to me how italy started every game with the lead, yet they couldn’t hold it… Tonight should be fun, i think that it’s gonna come down to pitching, tghe SP is not as strong but the bullpen of both teams is very good. somehow, somehow i think that this team will meet again saturday at 1:00 PM
I must say, i see the genius in Joe D posting articles about Captain America left and right, if you guys have notice the last 2 articles about Mr Mar errr, Captain America have produce 2 of the top 10 commented articles in MMO all time (Bayonne’s article hold the record for those wondering), and both of them have been done in the past week, so i give props to joe d for taking advantage of this opportunity, very well thought out. Let’s just hope, for the sake of mets fans, that his hotness on this 3 games translate to the entire regular season and at least help make this team relevant…
No one can maintain that rate of hitting all year long. If he did, it would be the greatest single offensive season in ML history.
If Wright replicates his 2012 season in 2013, that should satisfy most Mets fans — except for those who want him to walk on water of course. I’ll take that 2012 production anytime.
No one can maintain that rate of hitting all year long. If he did, it would be the greatest single offensive season in ML history. ”
Wrong… Cano Would have that honor.
Huh? Absolutely not. No one has ever maintained that rate of hitting for a full season in all of major league history. Not Ted Williams, nor Musial, nor Babe Ruth.
And LMAO at the mention of Cano. He’s a known HUGE choker and if anyone has an issue with Wright and clutchness, then you’re going to have an even bigger problem with Cano.
For my buddy SRT:
http://dicomo.mlblogs.com/2013/03/14/meet-captain-america-david-wright/?partnerId=as_mlb_20130314_6384214
Ha!
I guess I’m gonna have to go out and get this movie.
Lol, and just like with david wright, once you watch it you will be disappointed.
Oh, I don’t thinks so…lol.
You’ll appreciate this:
Kevin Kernan;
New York’s dueling superheroes slug it out tonight
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/new_york_dueling_superheroes_slug_8xBnFyfYan8SPKFShZtrcJ
‘It’s Captain America vs. Captain Caribbean and this is going to be fun.’
Lol, i saw it, It’s on!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish we can do like a friendly wage here…. you know, kinda like ban for a week or something…. Hopefully someone from the desert will step up and accept my challenge.
That would certainly be interesting. Not sure Joe D would appreciate it.
Something along the lines of if USA wins, me saying that the Wilpons are one of the best MLB owners and SA is the worst GM of all time……Problem is, some might take the comments seriously and next thing you know we’d have a flame war here with several of us likely heading to the ‘drunk tank’. LOL.
Love these games though. It’s about as close to post season play having someone/team to root for as I’m likely to see in awhile.
*I meant if USA loses…
No, nothing wrong with honesty, that is why, anybody that wants to have a friendly wager, let me know, if USA wins, i ban myself for a whole week, if DR Wins, same goes to you… anybody up to the challenge let me know….
Just the game today? not the result of WBC?
Just the game…. do we have ourselves a friendly bet????????????? The loser bans himself for the enitre next week.
Hey Alex,
I think this song by Styx from their Pieces Of Eight album best describes the phenomenon of this current “Captain America”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6SxD-AqATs
Lol, the Great White Hope…….. Man, thanks for this bayonne.
Alex, I’m in, U.S.A. wins, you’re gone for a week from Midnight tonight until next thursday at Midnight.
If D.R. wins, I’m gone for a week from Midnight tonight until next thursday at Midnight.
Deal?
NP Alex, and I’m rooting for the DR tonight, don’t want to see you gone for a week so go DR!!
Isn’t is kind of Sad that all the joy of this spring seems to be coming from David Wright winning something for a team that is NOT the Mets and not the METS themselves?
And I wonder what will be the result when he comes back and can not do what he did for Team USA because this team isn’t even as good as Team Brazil?
As usual the Mets have impeccible timing!
Yeah Joe that was me, you told me yesterday that your “source” said it would be done today or Friday.
Wonder why no “C” on the jersey…
I think Wright declined to wear it….
It’s actually better if you ask me….
He gets the weight of the argument without any snide comments about a C on his chest when someone stupid acts up….Less to say….
The C on his chest would have thrown off his balance at the plate and negatively impacted his PPAs, and we don’t want that.
He didn’t want one.
Which is good b/c it’s incredibly corny looking
Will there be an interim captain when he’s on the DL and will the interim captain where a small c or a capital C??
I think Emaus takes over in that case! LOL
At least the drama is now over. Good for him. Now lets move on. I am glad there is no C on the jersey. What the players think of him is fine. The bottom line, from the fans perspective, is what he produces. Of course, to do that, he needs back on the field. We all hope it is for opening day but who knows.
My sentiments as well.
And as usual here comes the negativity with the so called met fans
So it is safe to presume you feel that Turner or Lutz are inadequate replacements at 3rd?
Okay I had to take a look at what everyone always talks about with that other blog and I came across this by a Michael Baron:
“Niese was the most dependable starting pitcher the team had last year.”
In reading the comments here, it seems that site has a tilt that many he object to. Regardless, this is just inaccurate. Did this guy ever hear of a pitcher the Mets had named Dickey? Or is it since he was traded he is scratched from Mets lore as if he didnt exist?
LOL Task maybe you get what has some of us screaming all the time….
If I’m not mistaken Dickey was also left off the 2012 Met Highlight reels as well as if he never existed and was just a figment of all our imaginations!
Interesting Jim Bowden on MLBN radio just said he liked the move and called Wright a future HOF.
he is on his way. At roughly the same point as Chipper at the same age/years. Whether he makes it will depend on if he can at least keep up last years level for at least the first 1/2 of his 30s, and then hang on in a reasonable productive accumulation mode for another few.
Interesting to see on BR his similarity scores at the same age. Some real good players, including current HOFers (and more to come) on it. Along with Chipper. And some other guys that just did not last long enough (like rolen)
Scott Rolen (932)
Carl Yastrzemski (900) *
Chipper Jones (896)
Eric Chavez (894)
Aramis Ramirez (889)
Carlos Beltran (883)
Robinson Cano (882)
Gary Sheffield (882)
George Brett (877) *
Del Ennis (871)
Awesome. I like it.
*Yawn* Who cares. What does being named captain of a team of crap make him?
Well played Mets. Captain America now is Captain of the Mets!
Who didn’t see this coming?
WOW! Congrats! I never gave the team captain much thought but never realized he is the only the 4th Met to be Team Captain. He is with good company. Thinking back over Met history it is hard to believe that Tom Seaver was never the team captain. Looking back from the very beginning my choice for the very first team manager would have been Frank Thomas. I loved the guy when he came to the new Mets at the end of his career.
WHat I hope it’s worth is a great 2013 for Wright and all of the NY Mets. If it isn’t about team, then it doesn’t mean much.
The Captain title goes to a man who plays for a 4th place team with no significant accomplishment in his career as a Met. It’s typical for an organization who wishes David Wright were as great a Captain as the guy across town. If anyone is the Anti-Jeter, it’s David Wright. It would have looked like a sham if Wright were named Captain when the team was dominant. He’s never been a “follow me” leader who takes his team on its shoulders and carries them to greatness. It’s unfortunate, but true.
“He’s never been a “follow me” leader who takes his team on its shoulders”
You mean like he carried them last season during the 1st half?
Play on the field aside Hitman….
You have to admit he was never the type of guy who would fire up the troops and get them to fall on grenades for the good of the squad type….
He is hardly the follow to the gates of Hell type that Hernandez was…
It’s not his nature and we shouldn’t really expect him to be that….Just sayin…
Truth is the guy I think has the best leadership abilities and if he can keep performing WILL be a leader for some team is Murphy!
Hard to be that guy when your still in Arbitration years and not fully established at your own position…
But a few good years and I can see Murphy being that guy…
There’s many different variations of a “leader” and yes, Wright is not the “Gates of Hell” or fall on grenades type, but neither was Carlos Beltran, and Beltran is usually lauded here because he protected Tejada that time in Philly. Should he be that “leader by example” type and play like he has during the Spring going back to his 2006-2007 approach that made him one of the best young hitters in the game, good enough for me.
I agree 1000% with what you said about Beltran as well!
Beltran was a Mentor…You came to him for help or if he saw you needed some he was right there…..
Wright is “One of the GUYS” who inspires by example. He’s NICE (thats not a curse to me) and he is not the kind of guy who would go up to some player who made a mental mistake and get in his face AT ALL. (Neither was Beltran).
Beltran and now Wright have been the “Leader” merely because no one else wanted or could be it…It just wasn’t here…Those had the attitude didn’t have the credits. The closest thing to a leader this team had was Delgado and he was hurt so much it didn’t work.
I certainly don’t knock a guy for not being leader material it takes a specific type of Alpha and we may have even AVOIDED such types in the last few years…
As I said in every defense of Wright I have ever made where this Ledership thing was brought up, as longas the guy performs he doesn’t have to be THE GUY…Just find someone who can be “THE GUY” who has the performance creds because between the two of them you will have what you need!
This is another problem I have with thinking all Vets are expendable for kids…because no matter how good your Kids are they STILL need that guy who will charge the gates to get through a full season and deep into a Playoff!
(Not that any Trades we have made got rid of any…again Just sayin…)
“and we may have even AVOIDED such types in the last few years…”
In terms of position players…the last one we had was LoDuca…and the Wilpons got scared of the bad press that came with his affair with an 18 year old college student…along with the horse racing thing….
Loduca nearly came to blows with Willie over catching Glavine’s 300th win. The man was all heart in my book.
Funny thing is…
an alpha player like that would get demonized in a NY minute if he were to call out David Wright for not hustling ( which he does occasionally do )
YepLoDuca had the personality…Not sure he had the numbers to ever go against an All Star or get one to follow him but he definitly had the makup…
Delgado was the guy after that….
And I kind of said what you were talking about…We have for the most part avoided those types and have pretty much since the Worst Team Money could buy…
Jeter is/was never that type of leader either
Your right Jeff he wasn’t!
And when a leader was needed a few years ago regarding some scandal involving A-Rod he not only didn’t lead he DUCKED the press on the issue as well….
Wright might actually be a better Leader than Jeter ever was….
But Jeter HAD A-Rod and a slew of other Alphas there to be the bad guy for him when a bad guy was needed…
Maybe Murphy acts as Wrights Enforcer now that Wright is captain.
Now that JR was murdered (who shot him) Bobby Ewing has no junkyard dog to run interference for him. Bobby Ewing vowed to change. Wright maybe not so much a junk yard dog (pit bull) but at least a Doberman, or a German Shepard. I have faith Wright will change and he accordingly will have the right blend of reason and passion i.e. aggressive enough.
Dang I am as addicted to the new Dallas as my parents were the old.
TRS86 I loved the old and the new . Thanks for your comment.
OMARSLEGACY? WHAT SORTA MONIKER IS THAT ARE U HIS PORTAPOTTY OR SOMETHING. AS FOR JETER, WHEN WAS THE FIRST OR LAST TIME HE WAS EVER RELIED UPON AS THE SOLE RUN PRODUCER?
THAT, MY MYOPIC PINSTRIPER, IS WHEN TRUE LEADERSHIP IS REQUIRED. NOT WHEN YOU CAN BLEND IN AS 1 OF 9 RUN PRODUCERS. AS THE HIGHLANDER MOVIES MADE FAMOUS, “THERE CAN BE ONLY 1″
AS EVERYONE KNOWS 1 IS THE LONLIEST NUMBER THAST THERE EVER WAS.
MAY I RECOMMEND YOUR PURCHASING A “POOPER-SCOOPER” BEFORE ANYMORE OF YOUR INANITY LEAKS OUT. [TFIC], TONGUE FIRMLY IN CHEEK
A Nillson Reference! LOL
So go root for the Skank-offs, and stick to emitting your bile on one of their fan blogs.
Could you be any more du-she!
Captain of a sub 500 team… This was nothing more than a PR move, the whole Captain America plus Captain of the mets can have a huge profit effects if idiots fall for that and start buying “Captain” wright merchandise. But hey, congrats to him and his legion of loyal fans, tremendous accomplishment for y’all.
I agree naming captains is a pointless PR move.
I wouldn’t say pointless, remember the wilpons are strap for cash, so anything they can do to boost themselves financially is pure genius. And you know there’d be a lot of stupid people buying captain wright merchandise even if the team Shi*** and will be fighting with the Marlins for last place.
No I mean in terms of how the team actually views him or in any baseball sense. Naming captains is for the fans and press not the players.
If anything it puts more pressure on the player…
and we all know how David does when he has MORE pressure on him
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2008/11/david-wright-needs-to-take-a-c.html
I am ignoring the second part as no good will come. However your point on adding undue pressure, I am pretty sure the contract and being the face of the franchise trumps the arbitrary captain label.
Buy still in baseball terms its pointless.
I’m surprised no one has made the Joke dangling here and say David Wright is the best Captain the Wilpons could afford!
Lmao!!!!!!! Major Mangu!!!!!! Jajajajajaja best name in MMO by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!!!! Lol….
Hey man, you crack me up, I’m not even touching the whole he’s unclutch as hell debate again… At this point, he’s the captain of a 4th place team at best… Don’t blame him for not wearing the C on his chest, he knows once things go south, he’ll be the one wearing the C of comedy on his uniform everyday
#NEVERFORGET
“Part of it is my personality, where I don’t necessarily like to stick out too much,” Wright said.
http://metsmerizedonline.com/2008/11/david-wright-needs-to-take-a-c.html
Congrats to Wright. Well deserved honor!
Congrats to David Wright on a very well-deserved honor.
Unlike the faux-captain across town, David is actually more of an active and vocal leader who takes an emphatic stand on important issues like PEDS, which Jeter has regrettably always refused to take a strong position on (understandable since so many of his teammates have been big juicers!).
David has better production in his career too – even though he’s always played in pitchers parks and, generally, in weak lineups, unlike the faux-captain.
Wright may not be NY’s most famous baseball captain, but he is the most deserving!
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THUS DESIGNATING THE “ASTERISK ANNEX” AS A PLACE OF ENSHRINEMENT FOR THE LIKES OF BONDS,SOSA,CLEMENS, McQUIRE,ETC”
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
NOVEMBER 2008 From the leader of the IMMORTALS:
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 2009 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.
Thanks to Major Mangu for linking this post….
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