Wright place. Wrong time.
As if dejected Met fans didn’t have enough to moan about, an oversized Times Square billboard rubs salt into the recurring wound with a playoff promotional ad that feature’s third baseman David Wright.
Of course, as every long-suffering Met fan knows, the not-so-Amazin’s missed the postseason for the second year in a row, dashing all October hopes with a last-game-of-the-season loss.
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Even so, there is Wright, high above Seventh Avenue, bat cocked and ready to take a swing.
Likely a swing and a miss, given the third baseman’s hitting woes down the ugly stretch.
Yankee fans can’t be too thrilled with the billboard – for TBS – either since it also features Josh Beckett, who pitches for the rival Red Sox – a team that will play October ball.
Workers installed the billboard several weeks ago, when the Mets were still fan favorites and a good bet to make the playoffs.
Now, Wright and his teammates are about as popular as traffic agents giving out tickets on the street below the sign.
“That was the jinx,” said Vincent Sanchez, 32, of Kew Gardens, Queens, who blamed the billboard for the breakdown. “You’d think after last year they’d be more careful. What a disgrace.”