Wright has broken finger

Wright has broken finger

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News

Mets third baseman David Wright (r.) talks to Ike Davis and Terry Collins (l.) in the dugout after jamming a finger on a slide Monday night. X-rays show the finger is broken on Tuesday.

David Wright woke in Manhattan on Tuesday morning to a feeling he has yearned to reclaim since, oh, 2006 - the 4-0 Mets owned a New York moment.

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But his joy was not pure; far from it, actually, because he also woke to a swollen pinky finger on his right hand.

Now? Really?

Wright jammed the finger in the third inning Monday, diving into first base ahead of an Edwin Jackson pickoff attempt. It was a minor annoyance at first, but did not react well to a night of sleep and day of treatment. That forced Wright to concede he could not play, and Terry Collins to replace him in the lineup with Ronny Cedeno.

An X-ray showed a what the Mets called a small fracture. Wright does not need surgery, but will wear a splint; the team said he would return to baseball activity as tolerated.

That quickly, the Mets early-season narrative arc, a story of pure fun and told-ya-so satisfaction, was bent by a major complication.