David Wright of the New York Mets saved the United States’ baseball ass with a bases-load walk-off single against Puerto Rico Tuesday night in the World Baseball Classic. Too bad Wright and the Mets don’t come through in the clutch like this in September or October.

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has lost a little off it’s fastball, and it’s still one of the best shows on television. On Wednesday, Jon was joined by New York Mets third baseman, David Wright. The conversation briefly touched on the epic collapse by the Mets, Wright partying, and his thoughts on the NYM’s offseason needs. Alex Rodriguez’s name came up and led to the highlight of the interview.

JS: Alex Rodriguez opted out of his Yankees contract, he’s a third baseman, they say ‘maybe the Mets will go after him’.. You’re the Mets third baseman.. Do you call them up and go “heeellooooo”?

DW: You know, just seeing the way that Boston celebrated, seeing the winners of World Series, first and foremost I wanna win, so 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 wanna make this team better and you’re involved’, I would absolutely wanna 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 third baseman of the Mets.

JS: What if they call you and they say ‘hey what about Jon Stewart maybe playing third base?’?

DW: I’m all in.

JS: You’re all in for that?.?

DW: I’m all in.

JS: I say no A-Rod and I’ll tell you why. He seems like bad medicine. He seems like a very good player, but when he gets on the team, it’s like he weakens the team. He’s like the Dick Cheney of baseball… In that he… nobody seems to like what he’s doing.. And by the way you don’t have to comment on that.

DW: (Laughing) Does he watch the show?

JS: No. He definitely doesn’t… But no, it seems like he’s a bad chemistry guy, and chemistry’s important, is it not?

DW: 52 home runs are important too, last time I checked.

JS: That could be a lot of chemistry, ok, I see what you’re saying.

I never thought of Alex Rodriguez as the Dick Cheney of baseball. He’s not even the dick of baseball as long as Barry’s still playing… If I compared A-Rod to a politician, I would go with Al Gore. They’re both rich, they put up statistics that you can’t ignore, and neither has reached their ultimate goal. I could keep going with the similarities, but I wanted to bring up the only difference I found. Alex likes the she-male, muscular type of stripper, Al Gore does not. Or does he?..

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Tags: David Wright, Jon Stewart, Alex Rodriguez, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, The Daily Show, New York Mets, Baseball, MLB, Sports

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If Eagles fans give Donovan McNabb a hard time, what would they have done with Akili Smith or Ricky Williams? Eagles offseason talk here. Courtesy of The Burlington County Times by way of PhillyBurbs.com

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