Last night, following a solo home run by Rickie Weeks, D.J Carrasco plunked Ryan Braun with the next pitch.
David Wright was scheduled to lead off the bottom of the inning, but Terry Collins pulled him from the game and put Jordany Valdespin in instead. Wright erupted. Emphatically yelling at Collins, demanding to stay in the game before storming down the tunnel and in to the clubhouse. Wright later returned and next to Collins on the top step, spoke passionately about the situation, as Collins stared intensely at the field.
Vinny Cartiglia: Seriously, this was awesome. Normally it's easy to say David was wrong, Terry was right or vice versa. In this situation, however, I agree with both sides. I totally understand why Collins pulled Wright from the game. Honestly, I think I would have done the same. David could have easily been drilled with a fastball on the wrist, elbow, or the head and needed a DL stint to which we would all have been furious that he was left in the game. Wright is very important to this club and there is no reason he should have been put in harms way during an 8-0 game. And so, I am glad Terry did what he did.
On the flip side of that coin, I get why Wright was upset. He's the leader of this club and official or not, he is the captain. That may have never been more evident then it was last night. Honestly, the dude is awesome. The passion he displayed. The fact that he stood there ' in front of his teammates ' and said I'm willing to take one for this team was pretty cool to watch. That brief moment in the Mets dugout showed just how much David cares about this team and thanks to the SNY camera crew, we all got to witness it.
I couldn't agree more with Matthew Cerrone who stated the following last night on MetsBlog:
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