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Despite the injury to Wright, Mets General Manager Omar Minaya stated that there were no plans to shut him down for the remainder of the season.

In fact, Wright was activated from the disabled list on September 1 and started at third base against the Colorado Rockies that evening.

In that game, Wright wore a new style of batting helmet ( the Rawlings S100 ).

He would abandon that helmet after wearing it in that one game.

Wright explained that he found the helmet uncomfortable.

" It's the last thing I need to be worrying about in the box is trying to shove it on my head.

So I wanted to go back to the old one and just wait to see if there's going to be any adjustments made.

" Wright experienced a sharp decline in production after a potent campaign in 2008.

His home run total dwindled to 10, while his RBI total fell to 72, after hitting 33 home runs and 124 RBIs the previous season.

His strike out total also spiked to a career high 140 for the season.

Analysts speculated that Citi Field's large dimensions, and increased pressure to perform for an injury depleted team caused his sudden drop-off.