Recap: Wright on the Daily Show
Mets 3B David Wright appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night, which you can watch by clicking here.
During the eight-minute interview, Wright had the following to say regarding…
…not making the playoffs, and how he is dealing with it…
“Nightmares, every night. Nightmares. You know, it’s one of those things, it’s tough to say now, but in the long-run, hopefully, it helps us out. It’ll build character. Will learn how to deal with adversity. I mean, throughout those last two weeks we were getting ripped pretty good and we learned to deal with that.”
…the talk of Alex Rodriguez taking over his job…
“Just seeing the way that Boston celebrated, seeing the winners of World Series, first and foremost I want to win. Am I saying that I would change positions for a guy like Alex Rodriguez? If the front office called me and said, ‘Hey, look, we want to make this team better and you’re involved,’ I would absolutely want to sit down and listen. But for right now I am the third baseman of the New York Mets, and I’m going into the 2008 season prepared to be the third baseman.”
…whether the Mets need to add a high-profile free agent…
“I think we have a good, young, core group of guys…But, I hope we go out and make some improvements. I think the pitching side kind of fell apart down the stretch, and we could use another big bat - maybe in the outfield.”
The David Wright Foundation is hosting their Third Annual Do the Wright Thing Gala on November 15 in New York City.
For more information or to purchase tickets, go here.
