TOKYO -- It used to be the Mets couldn't get an audience with the mayor of their own city. But here in Tokyo on Thursday, a contingent of David Wright, Jose Reyes and John Maine visited with Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, in his downtown office. Abe donned a pinstriped Mets jersey -- No. 1 -- and talked a little baseball with the trio.Wright even asked if he could help in the recruitment of Seibu Lions ace, Daisuke Matsuzaka.
"I asked him if he could make a couple phone calls for us and maybe persuade him," Wright said. "We could use another quality starting pitcher next year. He said he’d look into it for me."
At the moment, the MLB All-Stars are losing to the Yomiuri Giants, 6-4, in the bottom of the sixth inning here at Tokyo Dome. Ryan Howard and Andruw Jones both went deep in the top half.
Wright and Reyes didn't start tonight, but both are now in the game.
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Dramatic two-run two out home-run by New York Mets third baseman David Wright in the ninth inning. Great seeing one of our own staring in Japan. David had only six of his twenty-six home-runs after the All-Star Break, and added one in Game Four of the NLCS during a 12-5 New York victory over St. Louis. Many have thought the power stroke was affected by the Home-Run Hitting Contest in Pittsburgh, while others felt he may have been tired or the steady diet of sliders could have caused the power outage. It was nice to see that David Wright had a huge home-run in Tokyo today.