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NEW YORK -- A New York Mets marketing official courted a dating website called CougarLife.com, that pairs older women with younger men, seeking to promote third baseman David Wright's All-Star candidacy.
Wright recently had been named "MLB's Hottest Cub" via a vote of more than 11,000 respondents on the dating website -- topping the likes of Cole Hamels and Matt Kemp.
So a Mets employee approached the dating site, inquiring if it might want to help Wright overtake San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval in NL All-Star voting at third base.
The Mets ultimately got cold feet and backed away from the partnership, the team acknowledged today.
"Cougar Life voted David Wright as the hottest cub," the Mets said in a statement Thursday. "In our effort to expand All-Star balloting to wider audiences, so as to increase votes, we did reach out to Cougar Life. Last year there was a big swing of votes at the end that cost David the starting job. We decided to do everything to make sure that doesn't happened again this year. We ultimately elected to pass. We thank whoever leaked this to Deadspin for increasing awareness of #VOTEWRIGHTNOW AT METS.COM."
As for being named "Hottest Cub," the recently engaged Wright responded to a reporter:
"Serious? Ummm, I guess it's a nice honor," he said. "Did you guys have to draw straws for who asked that question? I guess I'd like to thanks my parents for the genes."
Wright recently had been named "MLB's Hottest Cub" via a vote of more than 11,000 respondents on the dating website -- topping the likes of Cole Hamels and Matt Kemp.
So a Mets employee approached the dating site, inquiring if it might want to help Wright overtake San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval in NL All-Star voting at third base.
The Mets ultimately got cold feet and backed away from the partnership, the team acknowledged today.
"Cougar Life voted David Wright as the hottest cub," the Mets said in a statement Thursday. "In our effort to expand All-Star balloting to wider audiences, so as to increase votes, we did reach out to Cougar Life. Last year there was a big swing of votes at the end that cost David the starting job. We decided to do everything to make sure that doesn't happened again this year. We ultimately elected to pass. We thank whoever leaked this to Deadspin for increasing awareness of #VOTEWRIGHTNOW AT METS.COM."
As for being named "Hottest Cub," the recently engaged Wright responded to a reporter:
"Serious? Ummm, I guess it's a nice honor," he said. "Did you guys have to draw straws for who asked that question? I guess I'd like to thanks my parents for the genes."
