After months of hearing players, coaches and management boasting about how the Mets are heading to the playoffs, complete with team issued t-shirts emblazoned, Take the Damn Thing, team captain David Wright says enough is enough.
“Last time I checked, the team that talks the most doesn’t get any more wins,” Wright said. “Now it’s a matter of getting the work in and starting to practice, going out there and playing good baseball, and that started today.”
Wright tells the Bergen Record that he doesn’t want all this Mets talk to backfire on them.
“It’s one of those things where — I’ve been guilty of this, too — where you get confident in this group of guys and you’re asked a question and you answer it honestly, and we’ve kind of talked a big game this off-season,” Wright said.
“It’s now a matter of shutting up and going out there and playing. We’ve already done a pretty good job of, I think, publically expressing what we expect from ourselves this year, but it’s enough of the talk. Now it’s a matter of going out there and preparing for opening day.”
While I’ve enjoyed hearing the Mets talk confidently about heading to the playoffs, I agree with Wright that it’s time to stop boasting and start focusing on winning ballgames on the field.
Without sounding patronizing, I must admit I’m proud of David Wright for finally saying what most of us have been thinking. This is the mark of a leader.
