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As told to The Post’s Steve Serby:
I don’t want to cry on D-Wright’s day, but … I don’t know, probably tears are gonna come to my eyes.
I’m looking forward to his speech, big-time. I know it’s gonna be a great speech.
I remember in the Instructional League in Port St. Lucie in 2001, when Guy Conti, who was running the minor league system at that time, said to us, “Do you guys know that you guys are gonna lock down the left side of the infield for a long time in New York?”