SAN DIEGO - David Wright spoke with an uncomfortable urgency Tuesday, his words tumbling out of his mouth at a staccato pace. This was unusual.
So, too, were the beads of sweat that formed beneath the brim of his cap. Conditioned for years to be a stabilizing voice, the Mets captain moved his hands behind his back to hide the fidgeting.
"It's obviously aggravating for me, frustrating for me," Wright said in his first public comments since being diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal that could alter the remainder of his career.