I often start the first post of the day with “Good Morning!” but there’s nothing good about our first morning without Gary Carter.
I thought the blog would be all Carter for a few days but the Mets being the Mets there’s always things to talk about. Thus, Mets Police will be mostly Carter with a few other things sprinkled in, and some of the other things I wanted to share with you can wait until next week.
The passing of Gary re-ignited the debate about retiring 8. I think that would be a terrible move now. The Mets had 20 years to retire it, so why retire it now when Gary can’t be there? Let 8 stay on the hanger next to 24, and if somewhere along the way the right player can live up to the number then let 8 be worn with pride.
I do expect the Mets will wear a patch. Since the black jerseys have a patch on both shoulders it complicates matters. I could imagine something in the area of the heart. Maybe its as simple as a black armband.
I broke out a black Mets jersey today (New York road) I got on eBay. The only 86 style jersey I have says Seaver on it, and black is the color folks wear when we mourn. I don’t wear bright orange ties to funerals.
This post started out to 100% be about something else, but I see I just ripped off 5 paragraphs about Carter. I’ll do the other thing in the next post. More Carter as the day and weekend go on.