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"Ive never pictured myself in a different uniform," he said Wednesday at a news conference to talk about his $138 million, eight-year contract, the largest in team history. "It wouldnt be as meaningful, I think, if I were to win somewhere else." Playing in the shadow of the Yankees, the Mets have won just two World Series titles and none since 1986. Given their history, it seemed appropriate that Wright said, "Ive wanted to be here though the good times, through the bad times," echoing a line from the song "Im Still Here" from the Stephen Sondheim musical "Follies." Wright is a six-time All-Star who turns 30 on Dec. 20. He is the teams all-time hits leader and has a .301 career batting average. The third baseman has never been to the World Series, falling one win short in 2006. Hes seen Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and Francisco Rodriguez depart as the Mets slashed payroll during the fallout from the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme that cost the Wilpon family, which owns the team, hundreds of millions of dollars. "It just feels like theres so much unfinished business and Id like to finish what Ive started," Wright said. "Honestly, it wouldnt mean as much to me winning somewhere else as it would obviously winning here." Talks began during the first week of October, when the Mets played a season-ending series at Miami. "We went for a late bite to eat, couldnt find a place to eat, ended up at a burger joint, had a beer," said Jeff Wilpon, the owners son and the teams chief operating officer. "And I said, Listen, Im going to do everything in my power to make sure this gets done." Wright, like most everyone around the Mets, worried about the teams finances. He wanted assurances the Wilpons wouldnt sell the team. After the season, Wright met with general manager Sandy Alderson for a round of golf and a late lunch-early dinner at the Bayville Golf Club in Virginia Beach, Va., near Wrights home. "It was surprisingly close," Alderson said of the golf score. The discussion was serious. "I was as brutally honest with him as I could be. And I think he was as brutally honest with me as he could be," Wright said. Assured that the team had a commitment to winning and sufficient funds to follow through, Wright gave agents Sam and Seth Levinson the go-ahead. Wright said the deal came together during a 12-hour period last Thursday, starting when Seth Levinson had lunch with Alderson at the Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan. Two conference calls followed the lunch, and the sides broke to go to a benefit for Mets employee Shannon Forde, who was diagnosed last summer with breast cancer. Another conference call began at midnight, and the agreement came toggether.ddddddddddddWright gets $11 million next year, down from the $16 million he had been scheduled to make. His salaries will be $20 million in each of the following five seasons, $15 million in 2019 and $12 million in 2020. Some of the money will be deferred, and he gets full no-trade protection. Wright looked to Cal Ripken Jr., Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter as his models, players spending their entire careers with one franchise. Growing up he had rooted for the Mets because their Triple-A farm team was in Norfolk, Va. "I think theres something to be said for that, and Im very proud of that," he said, "to be able to be drafted at 18 by this organization, groomed, developed, make your big league debut with your favourite team growing up, having the opportunity for my family and friends to almost start bleeding blue and orange. So yeah, it was a no-brainer for me." Quietly watching from the side of the podium with a proud smile were Wrights father, mother and girlfriend Molly Beers. Rhon Wright said his sons talent and dedication were apparent as a boy back home in Virginia. He recalled David playing ball with a bunch of 6-year-olds on a neighbourhood team assembled by his wife, Elisa. "Even at that age, Id say it was championship calibre," he said. "Darn tootin!" added Elisa. Wright got past last years criticism from Fred Wilpon, who in an interview with The New Yorker called him "a really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar." "If we didnt have such a strong relationship, that would be something that would bother me," Wright said. "But at the time, we had lost however many in a row. We had gotten off to a terrible start and hes a competitor. It would have been more odd if he just sat back and took the losing and got used to the losing." Wright is the leader of these Mets. Jeff Wilpon said he provides "leadership without having to have a C on his chest." The next logical step is to make Wright captain. The only players to hold the title for the Mets were Keith Hernandez (1987-89), Gary Carter (co-captain 1988-89) and John Franco (2001-04). The decision rests with manager Terry Collins. "If the players come in the spring and say, listen, we really want David to be the captain and be named the captain, then Im sure Terry will bring that back and well do something like that," Jeff Wilpon said. "But for right now, to me David is the captain. Hes the longest-tenured and he commands the respect in the clubhouse." NOTES: Alderson said the Mets could leave the winter meetings without a decision on R.A. Dickey. The NL Cy Young Award winner wants a new contract for beyond 2013, and New York gauged what it could get in a trade if it doesnt reach a new deal. "They want more than were willing to give right now. We want to do it for less than they want to accept right now. Somewhere in between theres probably a deal to be done," Wilpon said. ' ' '
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