The day after signing the richest contract in history, David Wright went back to work as the face of the franchise. He and chief operating officer visited P.S. 38 on Staten Island, where dozens of elementary students and their families were displaced by superstorm Sandy. Wright and the team contributed $250,000 to the relief effort, then Wright and Wilpon went on a tour of the hardest-hit areas with city councilman James Oddo. "It makes signing or not not seem so important,'' a somber Wilpon said as he viewed houses blown off their foundations, some reduced to rubble. Wright appeared emotional as he viewed the devastation. But there were baseball issues to be addressed, too. The pair...
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