The Institution

[Edgy MD]

Yesterday was a rare day, with experience big leaguers like Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy out of the lineup, more than 50% of the team's experience, as measured by game appearances, belonged to a single guy, David Wright, who had exactly 1,500 games to his name entering the contest.

Order	Player	Pos.	G	Pct.
1	Lagares	cf	221	8.0%
2	den Dekker	lf	59	2.1%
3	Wright	3b	1500	54.6%
4	Duda	1b	478	17.4%
5	Flores	ss	81	2.9%
6	Nieuwenhuis	rf	183	6.7%
7	Herrera	2b	2	0.1%
8	Recker	cf	124	4.5%
9	Gee	sp	101	3.7%

I imagine if we look hard enough, we can find a Met who carried over 70% of his team's experience out there. Still, I wonder how alienating it is, being an institution out there with a bunch of guys who may just be passing through, who've mostly done time in the minors this season, who are still adapting.

[Guest d'Kong76]

The alienating thing may be when he looks around he
realizes he may be El Capitan but not necessarily the
best guy on the field and then some.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, I think there's nothing wrong with being the captain and not being the the best player. I think he'd love to have few Beltrans and Delgados knocking him into the fifth hole.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Alienated is an odd choice of words, for me, I guess.
Dude is making $20/per the next what five years. I hope
things change for him and if not this year, soon.