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After all the bad times, David Wright deserves a World Series championship

David Lennon

David Lennon is an award-winning columnist and author who has been a staff writer at Newsday since 1991.

With the original Mr. November in retirement, publishing articles rather than starring in them, we're a one-captain town again for this World Series, the first for David Wright. Lucky him, and honestly, good for us.

In this space, there's usually no room for fandom. Just the black-and-white on the page, without a blue-and-orange tint. But for Mets lifer Wright, the Virginia transplant turned Flushing favorite son, it's impossible not to have a rooting interest.