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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5132772, member: 289"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5688146/2024/08/08/mets-david-wright-mlb-debut-anniversary/?source=weeklyemail&campaign=602288&userId=5973799[/URL] “I couldn’t wait to get to the stadium to see what uniform number I was going to be,” Wright said of that July 21 day at Shea Stadium when he went 0-for-4 against the Montreal Expos. “In spring training, I was 72. As soon as I saw No. 5, I put the jersey on. I was one of the first ones there and I remember standing in front of the mirror and just staring at this jersey in almost a pinch-me moment.” [/QUOTE]