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Title: Unlike that other 3B, Wright’s a credit to his Citi
Post by: BlueStateSaint on July 02, 2013, 07:50:17 AM

A column in today's New York Post by Steve Serby.  I like the nickname.

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Unlike that other 3B, Wright’s a credit to his Citi

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By STEVE SERBY
Last Updated: 4:51 AM, July 2, 2013
Posted: 1:51 AM, July 2, 2013

David Wright doesn’t know Anthony Bosch. No one has ever linked Wright to Biogenesis. Sandy Alderson has never felt compelled to order Wright to “shut the f--k up.” Neither did Omar Minaya. He is the manager’s dream for Terry Collins that Derek Jeter has been for Joe Torre and Joe Girardi.

David Wright is the anti-Alex Rodriguez.

It is a big reason why you root for justice when the fan votes for the National League All-Star third baseman are tabulated later this week: David Wright starting there July 16 at Citi Field for the Mets, 13-inning, 5-4, comeback winners over the Diamondbacks last night thanks to Andrew Brown’s walkoff, 0-2 single off Josh Collmenter with the bases loaded following a Matt Harvey pinch-hit sacrifice bunt in the five-hour, 13-minute marathon.

At a time when Major League Baseball is investigating whether A-Rod lied about not being a liar and a cheat, Wright embodies the virtues all commissioners crave for their sports. At a time when reporters scurry to Charleston, S.C., following a communiqué from the Yankees that their third baseman was beginning his rehab assignment tonight, Captain Right effortlessly spoils a Biogenesis curveball.

“I have to be honest with you, I don’t know about it to be commenting intelligently on it,” Wright said. “I see it on the front page, and I’ll just turn and read about something else. I mean, it’s something that I haven’t followed very closely. Maybe I should be. Obviously, you never want to have baseball, a game that I love dearly, to have a black eye. So I try to go along with the philosophy ‘innocent till proven guilty,’ so we’ll see what happens.”

The rest of it is here:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/captain_clean_O5uUUALpKRjEbCdE00oTXL

"Captain Clean" sounds so much better than "A-Roid."  :whistling: :tongue: