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Article: Mets have the right stuff with Wright at third: emergence of young infielder promises to solidify franchise's need for a consistent performer at the hot corner.(David Wright)
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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HE PLAYS ALEX RODRIGUEZ'S POSITION to already-adoring fans such as Derek Jeter. He plays with a quality and passion that win over even the opposition.
But he plays baseball on the other side of New York.
David Wright is the flesh-faced third baseman on the verge of proving the Big Apple can be the perfect ingredient for an apple-pie image. He's the 23-year-old who can make every play and signs every autograph. For the Mets.
New York is still the Yankees' town. They spend. They win. They dominate the back pages of the city's tabloids.
The Mets haven't won a lot lately, save for a trip to the 2000 World Series, where the Yankees needed ...