David Wright
David Wright
David Allen Wrightis an American professional baseball third baseman who serves as captain for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 and made his major league debut in 2004...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 December 1982
CityNorfolk, VA
battle cal favorite growing guy hurt loved played player
My favorite player growing up was Cal Ripken Jr.. To play that many consecutive games, he played hurt a lot. I loved that about him. That's the kind of guy I want on my team. That's the kind of guy I want to go to battle with.
growing-up team love-is
I love being a Met. It was my favorite team growing up, so to be a Met to me is very special.
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He's got that goofy smile and the kids love him with the big head. He reminds me of Ramon Castro. He's very friendly, outgoing. Mr. Met just symbolizes mascots in general the quirky nature, the way he carries himself. It's fun to look up in the stands sometimes and see what kind of shenanigans he's up to.
carries fun general goofy kids love met quirky reminds smile smiles stands symbolizes
He's got that goofy smile and the kids love him with the big head, ... He reminds me of Ramon Castro. He's very friendly, outgoing. Mr. Met just symbolizes mascots in general the quirky nature, the way he carries himself. It's fun to look up in the stands sometimes and see what kind of shenanigans he's up to.
setting trying
I'm just trying to keep up with him. He's the one setting the pace.
game lose rather win
It's still a game and you'd rather win it than lose it.
procedure
It?s not as complicated procedure to take them down.
experience fun happen
It's not a fun experience. Hopefully, it doesn't happen again.
base bat behind drive everybody fortunate guys hitting pitches position runners scoring wants
Everybody wants the bat in their hands, and I was fortunate to come up with guys on base and to be in a position to see a lot of pitches with the guys hitting behind me. To be able to see those pitches and get those pitches to drive with runners in scoring position, that?s big.
good harder hit hope pitch tried
It was just a good pitch that I tried to do too much with and popped up. I would hope that more times than not, I would hit that pitch a lot harder than I did tonight.
historic monument rare state tennessee united united-states
This is a very historic and rare monument for the state of Tennessee and for the United States.
couple offensive past
This is like an offensive dream, being a part of this lineup the past couple of days.
testing though
It's not as though they can say we've done a lot of testing without the beacon.
fans field man
The fans here, obviously, are like the 10th man on the field for us.