Thanks to female co-worker who knows of my allegiance to all things New York Mets brought this to my attention.

In the October 16 edition of People Magazine there is an article titled:

Well, Hello, Mr. Wright!

Baseball’s newest heartthrob is young, hip, handsome and phones his parents. Ladies, please form an orderly line.

David Wright isn’t a real person. He was cloned by a rogue scientist using DNA from Babe Ruth, George Clooney and a church choir. Anyway that’s one theory. Another is that the boy wonder third baseman for the New York Mets-favored to reach the world series this month , thanks in no small part to their slugging cyborg- is just plain all that. Consider:

(Just the categories, if you really need to read why, go buy the magazine)

• Women love the guy
• He’s worth a Bazillion Dollars
• He’s a role model
• He’s like, awesomely cool.

At that point I checked to see if my co-worker had handed me Teen People. Nope, the actual People Magazine. No author listed.

Since when are the Mets favored to be in the World Series? Well, the Mets have People Magazine’s World Series pick, I guess. Should we be worried about that? Is there a People Magazine curse?

Hey David Wright is great; we’ve known that since we first heard his name or saw him play. I started telling people this guy would be the next thing 2 years ago (usually met with “and when is Gregg Jeffries going into the Hall of Fame?” response). David has silenced all doubters and detractors.

All that aside, is anyone else getting a little sick of the Media darling, Jeter-esque coverage? I almost hope someone writes a scathing hate piece just to be different.

Of course it would probably have to be all lies. But they would be entertaining lies. And in the end wouldn’t that be the real truth? The answer is: No.

I hate to be picky and at the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, I am really tiring of hearing the “son of a police chief” or “calls his parent” lines shoe horned into broadcasts. I think it’s giving me a rash. It makes him seem packaged. Either find a new story angle or, god forbid, some new information.

You must be lost, Yankee Stadium is that way.