Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

The memorial for Gary Carter will be held Friday at 7pm.

Reports say that Terry Collins, David Wright, Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, The Wilpons and many other Mets past and present will attend.  The Times has a nice summary which you can read here.

I don’t like trading in other people’s misfortunes…this is all supposed to be fun.  However, I’d feel weird ignoring this one.  If the story interests you visit the Post.

ex-Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels dodged prison today by admitting he lined his pockets after swiping and selling millions of dollars worth of signed team hats, jerseys and other souvenirs.

via Ex-Mets clubhouse manager Charlie Samuels pleads guilty to theft, ordered to pay $50K – m.NYPOST.com.

This week I am experimenting to see if y’all will watch videos at lunchtime if I post them at noon. This one is a short of stills of the 1962 Mets. There’s quite a few videos every week but I never know when to share them.

Kosher Sports filed a breach-of-contract suit against the Mets nearly two years ago after the team banned it from slinging kosher food during Friday night and Saturday home games — a move the vendor says caused it to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits.

via Vendor Kosher Sports Inc. in food fight with Mets at Citi Field  – NY Daily News.

Carter was much more than just the sum of his Hall of Fame stats, and, for that, Senator Marty Golden is hoping to introduce a Resolution in the New York State Senate remembering the smiling, warm-hearted, philanthropic catcher, whom everyone called “Kid,” because of his bottomless well of childlike enthusiasm.

via Golden To Honor Mets’ Gary Carter With Senate Resolution | Sheepshead Bay News Blog.