Marquee starters were long gone. So were nearly all the otherpitchers.

His bullpen empty, National League manager Clint Hurdleapproached David Wright and asked whether he had the right stuff totake the mound and close out the All-Star game. Did the New YorkMets third baseman think chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon orgeneral manager Omar Minaya would mind?

"Don't worry," Wright re...

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