This afternoon David Wright visited ill children at Schneider Children's Hospital. Wright was there to spread good cheer to these children with terrible illnesses.
When Wright was asked about Phillies ace Cole Hamels, who he will be in attendance with tomorrow at New York Baseball Writers' dinner in Manhattan, who was promulgated into saying the Mets were 'choke artists' the last two years while being interviewed by Evan Roberts and Joe Benigno of WFAN, Wright wouldn't dip a toe in that muddy water.
Said Wright, "I don't want to get caught up in that. I don't want to get in a verbal war about who's the team to beat. We're going to play [the Phillies] 18 or 19 times. We'll settle it in the field."
Wright will be at coach Howard Johnson's house in Florida to watch the Super Bowl on February 1st, and then will proceed to Spring Training a little early...as usual.
According to MLB.com writer Marty Noble, Wright looks thinner than he was last year, and Wright termed it as "Fightin' weight."
When asked about the less than slight possibility of have Manny Ramirez as a teammate, Wright offered, "As a peer, I really respect that. I'd be on board with Manny 100 percent, assuming that he comes in and puts the team first and wants to be a part of this thing and wants to win."
"You know, I think that we have a good enough clubhouse ... I don't even know what [Ramiez] is like in the clubhouse. I've talked to him for a couple minutes here and there.
"But I would hope that we have a good enough clubhouse where no matter who you bring in, the clubhouse would be a positive influence ... and they will put winning, especially with the direction that Jerry [Manuel] has gone with the team, first. That's going to rub off on us, and hopefully rubs off on all the new additions."
Always the politician, always the corporate suck-up, Wright forever handles himself with dignity and class. He is the Mets version of Derek Jeter in the company spokes-person sort of way.
Source: Marty Noble - MLB.com
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