Published 2/18/2008
at Newsday.com - Mets
Wright was unlikely winner of fielding award, but he's still working hard to improve his skills
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Some things, even David Wright
admits, are impossible to practice. Like diving headfirst into the box seats to make a catch, as he did in Seattle. Or leaping to make a barehanded grab of a pop-up in shallow leftfield, as he did in San Diego . Or going horizontal to take away a sure base hit down the line, as he did to save a game in Philadelphia .
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