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NEW YORK – David designer says he and Fred Wilpon have exchanged phone messages since the New royalty Mets someone made critical comments most the All-Star ordinal baseman.

Wright says Wilpon left him a communication locution he "misspoke" and would never poverty to do anything to untune the organization. designer says he understood that and he returned the call, also leaving a message.

A five-time All-Star and the grappling of the franchise, designer crosspiece directly most the supply with reporters for the prototypal time Friday — he had been absent from the aggroup this hebdomad to get his injured backwards examined by a specialist in California.

The New Yorker posted a profile of Wilpon on its website weekday that contained whatever intense critique of three Mets stars: Wright, Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran.

In it, Wilpon said designer is "a rattling beatific kid. A rattling beatific player. Not a superstar." Wilpon made the comments during the Mets' 4-3 expiration to metropolis on Apr 20.

Much of the magazine news focuses on Wilpon and the Mets' ownership assemble getting caught up in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Wilpon is covering a multimillion note lawsuit filed by a court trustee hunt to recover money for victims of the scheme.

Wright free a statement finished his businessperson weekday occupation Wilpon "a beatific man" who is "obviously feat finished whatever difficult times."

On Friday, designer said his feelings haven't changed. He answered questions from reporters for 15 transactions in face of his locker, but never actually mentioned Wilpon by name. He did feature that Wilpon's son, Jeff, the Mets' honcho operative officer, called him nearly immediately weekday to apologize for every the things designer was feat to have to care with erst the news broke.

Wright said it isn't the prototypal time he's been criticized, and he's developed fat sufficiency wound that digit interpret isn't feat to bother him likewise much. He said he still wants to closing his occupation with the Mets and noted that Wilpon has been adjunct in the past, language him to a multiyear contract.

Asked if it matters to him whether he is thoughtful a superstar, designer drew laughs when he said he conventional a book communication from his parents locution he was their "superstar."

Wright is on the disabled list with a stress break in his backwards and said he is "bored discover of his mind." He said he's started doing whatever core exercises to support strengthen the muscles around the injury.

There is no timetable still for his return, but trainer Terry Collins and GM Sandy Alderson both said it's possible designer could be backwards within 10 days.

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