“Sometimes there’s not a lot to do,” the third baseman said. “I’ve picked up the bowling ball a few times this offseason, especially once I heard we’re going to have this league. I don’t want to be surprised by anything. So I practiced a little bit and I think I’m ready to go.”

Wright originally was coy about what he can bowl, but then offered: “I think it’s just the same with my baseball — just a lot of inconsistencies. Every once in a while I’ll creep up around 200. I can also bowl a 120 or 130. Just like baseball, I think it’s kind of parallel. I need to find some consistency in baseball, find some consistency in bowling.”

– Adam Rubin, ESPN.com.

Maybe I’m just desperate for any little bit of baseball news, but there’s a lot to love in the quotes from Wright.

First and foremost, that’s about my same bowling range, though I don’t bowl that often. That means if I ever had the opportunity and things were falling my way, there’s actually some sport I might beat David Wright at.

Second, it’s hilarious and completely predictable that Wright, upon learning that the Mets would have a team bowling league this season, would practice for it. And it’s going to be especially funny when Wright strikes out the first time in Spring Training and some small but vocal group of morons asserts he should have spent more of his offseason watching game film and less of it bowling.

Also, and most interestingly — paging Seth Samuels — Wright here acknowledges his inconsistency. That’s not groundbreaking for a ballplayer (players speak of the need to achieve consistency all the damn time), but it feels at least mildly notable given how frequently Wright’s streakiness has been discussed this offseason.