We love the third person. We believe all athletes should be required, by law, to refer to themselves only in the third person. Not only would this provide for lots and lots of hilarity, but it would really help clarify a lot of their statements.

We bring this up, of course, because Plaxico Burress referred to himself in the third person about 30 times in 30 seconds this weekend, making him our new favorite athlete in New York. Jose Reyes and Pedro Martinez have also referred to themselves as “Jose Reyes” and “Pedro Martinez,” so points for them. David Wright? Almost certainly not.

Duke Casanova feels its time for David Wright to start behaving less like an all-around good guy and more like a professional athlete in the nastiest sense of the term. C’mon, dude, we know it’s there somewhere. Just let the beast out, D-Wright. It might not help your ad revenue, but it’ll jack up your street cred.