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
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I remember when I first got called up how giddy I was. Seeing him, how he just carries himself with poise and a maturity level, is phenomenal. I expect big things.
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He was phenomenal in spring training and I don't expect anything different. He's very cool, calm and collected.
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An even better May. We had a good start, but we can't get complacent. I expect good things.
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Well, as you might expect I'm not in your camp on this, Andrew.
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If I'm on the field, I expect to go out there and give 100 percent. Whatever little things are bothering you through the course of the year, you need to get past those.
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It's tough without any at-bats to go up there and expect to see the ball well. You're cold, you took batting practice hours ago. Not only is there a lot of pressure, but you're usually facing one of the better guys out of the bullpen, a specialist they're bringing in.
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We had a lot of support from the state and from individual investors and from institutions.
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It doesn't matter what kind of haircut he has. It's not going to make him look any better.
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I think he's definitely earned the respect of baseball players everywhere.
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You knew he wasn't feeling as good as he could have felt. But he was out there every day. That's big to see. Cliff's a big influence.
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When it's good for the parks department, it's bad for the farmers and vice versa.
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Surprisingly, Utah is the second highest in the nation in the number of eighth-graders taking algebra, but we are still low in achievement. Our state math core only goes through linear equations.
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Some kids manage to get through that experimentation with no lasting problems. But others don't, and there's no way of knowing ahead of time which group your kid will fall in.
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Look, I started off batting seventh last year, so to me it was great that Willie started trusting me, moving me up a little at a time. People tell me all the time, 'You should be ticked off where you're hitting.' But I'm not, not at all.