Wright meets NYPD officers who delivered baby

NEW YORK — Over the years, David Wright has used his platform as a Major League Baseball player to raise money and awareness for charitable cause after charitable cause, both for the Mets Foundation and his own David Wright Foundation. Some of Wright’s larger events have been public. Many of the others have been smaller, private affairs.

Last year, for example, Wright hosted the families of slain NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, spending time with their widows and children during a Spring Training event that received significant media coverage at the time. But quietly, and without much fanfare, Wright continued to honor other NYPD officers throughout the season at Citi Field.

That tradition continued Tuesday, when Wright met with officers Anthony Barton and Michael Pyzikiewicz, who helped deliver a baby on the side of the Long Island Expressway in January.

“You come to appreciate certain things …

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