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Why David Wright was viewed as ‘the blueprint’ for a major leaguer

With David Wright set to play his final game for the Mets on Saturday, Post columnist Steve Serby spoke to current teammates, members of the organization and others about the third basemen.

Zack Wheeler: He always plays with passion. He loves the team, he loves everybody that he plays with. He loves the game, and to see him sorta go out like this stinks. I guess it’s part of life, part of the game, it happens to people . . . it’s unfortunate that it happened to him ’cause he’s one of the good guys in the game.