04/11/2007
Sportrait: David Wright
The New York Mets' David Wright made two appearances at Madame Tussauds in New York yesterday as a wax figure of the third baseman was unveiled. Calls from Wright's legions of admirers got the attention of the wax museum, which says it plans to unveil a "subway series" companion figure of New York Yankee Derek Jeter.
More after the jump...
New York magazine profiled Wright last week:
"Professional athletes these days, baseball players especially, are not expected to smile. They are expected to bemoan their contracts and question their teammates’ skills and act prickly with fans and lie about not using steroids. But when Wright hits a home run, or even when he doesn’t, and especially when he gets ragged on in the clubhouse for being such a pretty boy, his reaction is uniform: the pinched dimples, the flash of white teeth, the brown eyes sparkling—a random combination of muscle movements offering infinite branding possibilities."
Their conclusion? “I’m sorry, but you’ve just got to love the kid.”
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Posted 10:40 AM EST by Andy Towle in Baseball, David Wright, New York, News, Sportrait, Sports | Permalink
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C'mon. He's no John Rocker. (yeah, I am joking.)
Posted by: Marco | Apr 11, 2007 11:20:06 AM
Dammit, dammit, dammit! Yesterday was my birthday and I was ON that block! I missed him! That would have been a great b-day present to see him. Shit.
(Can you tell I got the hots for him?)LOL.
Posted by: soulbrotha | Apr 11, 2007 11:36:35 AM
Not usually attracted to white men at all, but, this one is HOT and just plain gorgeous and SEXY to boot, and, now I'll have to follow his games!
Posted by: Andre60609 | Apr 11, 2007 11:51:45 AM
LOL. David Wright is in the Final Four of our Outsports King of the Hardwood contest. And he's up against another Towleroad favorite - Brady Quinn.
Posted by: Cyd | Apr 11, 2007 12:09:02 PM
As you are probably already aware, David Wright appears on the cover of the Men's Health magazine for April. Seems like there is another Men's Health publication (the non-subscription issue?) that has a different picture of him on the cover.
Posted by: raben | Apr 11, 2007 4:40:27 PM
Apparently Rocker is hung like a trojan horse...
Posted by: alan brickman | Apr 11, 2007 11:08:46 PM
DAVID WRIGHT IS A TOTAL HOTTIE AND NI DOUGHT ABOUT IT HE IS THE HOTTEST ON THE METS WELL REYES IS UP THEERE TOO BUT DAVID WRIGHT IS #1
Posted by: brianna | Jul 5, 2007 10:39:38 PM