Wright wins another Silver Slugger
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David Wright won his second straight Silver Slugger award. He set career highs with 33 home runs, 124 RBI and 115 runs scored last year, captured his second consecutive Silver Slugger Award.
“It’s a very prestigious award and I am proud to win it, considering the people who vote for the award,” he said. “This honor will help motivate me to even an even better season in 2009.”
Wright, who was picked to his third All-Star Team last summer, also tied a career-high with 42 doubles last year.
In 2008, he came in second in the National League in RBI and hits (189), third in runs scored, third in total bases with a franchise record 334, 10th in hitting (.302), seventh in multiple-hit games (51), tied for seventh in doubles, fifth in walks (94), tied for the league lead with 11 sacrifice flies, seventh in on-base percentage (.390), seventh in extra-base hits (77) and 10th in slugging percentage (.534).
Last year, Wright hit .300 or better the final three months of the season: .317 in July, .310 in August and .340 in September.
Wright is the sixth Mets player to win multiple Louisville Slugger Awards: Mike Piazza won it five times (1998-2002), while Gary Carter (1985-1986), Darryl Strawberry (1988 and 1990), Howard Johnson (1989 and 1991) and Carlos Beltran (2006 and 2007) each earned the honor twice.
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Veteran Sports Writer To Become Editor At Large For Online, Print and Broadcast
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 12, 2008 — Gotham Sports Media, LLC is proud to announce that veteran sports writer John Delcos is joining the company as Editor at Large.
Delcos, who has spent most of the last two decades covering pro sports, will contribute to all of Gotham Sports Media’s properties, including Gotham Baseball Magazine, Gotham Sports Radio’s network of shows and the company’s newest website; GothamGridiron.com. He will also bring along his successful blog, “John Delcos’ New York Mets Report”, to the Gotham Sports Media Network.
“Having a real newspaper pro like John Delcos joining our diverse editorial staff is incredible,” said Mark Healey, the President / CEO of Gotham Sports Media, LLC. “As we bring together the Past, Present and Future of New York Sports, bringing in someone like John, who’s been in the thick of them for the last decade, is really quite awesome.”
For the past ten years, Delcos has covered baseball; the last three covering the New York Mets and seven on the Yankees’ beat before that. Prior to New York, he covered the Baltimore Orioles for eight years, and before then the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns, and briefly the Pittsburgh Steelers..
“I am thrilled to be joining Gotham Sports Media,” Delcos said. “I’m looking forward to a long and prosperous working relationship with Mark Healey and his company.”
About Gotham Sports Media:
Gotham Sports Media LLC, founded in 2005, publishes Gotham Baseball Magazine, the only periodical dedicated to comprehensive coverage of New York area baseball. The company also owns and operates the Gotham Sports Network, a collection of award-winning websites that boasts the largest audience of any independent New York sports media outlet. For more information, visit Gotham Sports Media online at http://www.gothamsportsmedia.com.
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