Mike O
May 18, 2020
This was the specifically designated D-Wright retirement game. If the Wilpons' plan was to sell out the game, it worked. The crowd was, without a doubt, the largest I had ever been a part of. During warmups, David and Jose were running around with each other and the place was going nuts. It was the end of an era for the Mets, this was going to be an emotional night.
David's daughter Olivia Shea threw out the first pitch (it wasn't half bad) and he took one final run, leading the team out the dugout, to his property at third base.
He walked in his first at-bat, fielded a grounder showing flashes of vintage Wright, and unfortunately popped out in his last at-bat. Marlins first baseman Peter O'Brien probably could have let it drop, and the crowd let him hear it the whole night. After that, it was over. He walked off the field for one last time, to an ovation that seemed to never end. We can't all have good endings, but I'm sure if you asked David he couldn't have been happier.
The game droned on, Citi still full because he was making a speech afterward. It was a meaningless game against the Marlins, of all teams, but the crowd treated it like a playoff game. It started to get restless, in the 11th or 12th there was actually a fight near my section. If Austin Jackson hadn't doubled to end it, who knows how long the game would've been.
Howie Rose and Wright combined together to make an excellent final sendoff, and his speech to the fans was heartfelt. Everyone was sad to see David go, but we couldn't have asked for anything more from him.
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