Hurdle Was Ready To Use Wright As Pitcher

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With no one left in his bullpen as the 2008 MLB All-Star Game dragged into the fifth inning, NL Manager Clint Hurdle approached Mets' third baseman David Wright about taking the mound, according to The Boston Herald.

Hurdle was just worried about what Mets' General Manager Omar Minaya would have thought of such a decision.

"Don?t worry," Wright remembered saying. "They?re probably sleeping by now. Nobody will know."

Minaya was happy it didn?t come down to Wright?s pitching prowess.

"I would have a problem with one of our position players pitching in an All-Star game, there?s no doubt," he said.

Wright admitted that he hadn't pitched since Little League.

"I would have made up stuff on the mound," he said Wednesday through team spokesman Jay Horwitz. "In a way, I wish it would have happened. It would have been thrill for me to remember for the rest of my life."

Via The Boston Herald

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