"I hope David Wright is MVP this season."
Mike Lupica is a sportswriter for a New York newspaper.
Two-thirds of his readers are Yankee fans.
Mike Lupica inexplicably identifies himself as a Yankee fan. (You know, a disgruntled Yankee fan pining for the Glory Days.)
The obvious truth is that Lupica simply loathes the Yankees. Which, I guess, is fine in and of itself. But a sports journalist for a New York newspaper ought to serve his constituency better than this.
Imagine, for a moment, if the Yankees and the Mets meet in the 2009 World Series. It's Game Seven, tie game in the eighth inning, Wright vs. Rivera with the game on the line.
Lupica is actually rooting for Wright to get a hit?
This has been going on for a long time, of course. The Mets, the team with the highest payroll in the entire NL, are scripted as scrappy underdogs.
It partially explains why the deficiencies in Wright's game (.243 batting avg. with RISP in 2008; 20 errors per year) are largely ignored.
Mostly, though, it undermines Lupica's own credibility. You're rooting for Wright. You're hoping Wright does well.
That's lame, fanboy. You're distorting.
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