Could you be any more du-she!

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

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….

THUS DESIGNATING THE “ASTERISK ANNEX” AS A PLACE OF ENSHRINEMENT FOR THE LIKES OF BONDS,SOSA,CLEMENS, McQUIRE,ETC”

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!

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…

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!

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 )

“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

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

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