Mets captain David Wright says goodbye, walks off to long ovation

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    With midnight approaching after 13 innings of mostly scoreless baseball, David Wright was handed the microphone before a full house at Citi Field.

    "Everybody stayed, which is amazing," he said later. "It's crazy."

    Much like the last few years of his truncated career, Wright's finale was no fairytale at the plate.

    Adoration, appreciation, respect. Those were the tokens he took home.

    Wright walked off to a long standing ovation before a sellout crowd Saturday night in his farewell game for the New York Mets.

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