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Here's the first look at the ceremonial patch that will appear on all Mets jerseys in the 2012 season. (Image via Twitter).

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This is a fitting tribute.

Glad they included the word “KID.”

(Are the Nationals doing anything?)

by BurleighGrimes on Feb 25, 2012 10:21 PM EST reply actions  

As invaluable as his service was for 4.5 years

this would be the wrong move, for 3 reasons:

1) Not enough service time. Also, he played most of his career with Montreal, and his number is retired by the successor Nationals.
2) This would open up a pandora’s box, which would also result in retiring the numbers of Keith Hernandez (17), Darryl Strawberry (18), Edgardo Alfonzo (13), Dwight Gooden (16) and Jerry Koosman (36). We are not the Yankees. (Though to be fair, their retired numbers were done so thoughtfully.)
3) His stats over the span are far too comparable to several other players over a span of a similar length of time. (Carlos Beltran is one example.) Even though Carter manned a championship pitching staff behind the plate for 4+ years, there isn’t enough of a convincing argument for his number to be retired.

Lastly, though not exactly a 4th reason, we’re letting the emotional state of affairs override our better judgment if we do this. At the very least, he’s in the Mets’ Hall of Fame

RIP Gary Edmund Carter (1954 - 2012)
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by sj10689 on Feb 26, 2012 3:14 AM EST up reply actions   2 recs

Hernandez and Koosman should have their numbers retired

I don’t see a problem Strawberry and Gooden both played for the Yankees and have been an embarrassment to the Mets since retirement so maybe not them

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by Rickfansince76 on Feb 26, 2012 6:16 AM EST up reply actions  

Carter really only had one great year (1985) and one good year (1986) as a Met

He is best remembered not for his enduring greatness in the uniform but for being a part of the championship team—and a great guy. Clearly he means a lot to this franchise but the bar for having your number retired is very high.

by TheBigStapler on Feb 26, 2012 8:31 AM EST up reply actions  

This

Ralph Kiner: You've gotta change the script, I don't like the script.
Gary Cohen: What's wrong with the script?
Ralph Kiner: Well the script should be the Mets win every day.

by StorkFan on Feb 26, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Read my FanPost

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
Ryder or Riot #WWWYKI

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 26, 2012 5:19 PM EST up reply actions  

It's ok

but I prefer the visionary brilliance evoked by another recent Mets patch:

I like sports again. Thank you Tom & Eli. The Wilpons can still go suck it.

by cjmulrain on Feb 26, 2012 8:50 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

I like it

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Feb 26, 2012 12:38 PM EST reply actions  

Love the concept, hate the colors

I understand it’s a mourning patch, but it should be orange type on a blue plate (like the hats). The white-on-black is gonna look weird on the white uniforms. (And home plates aren’t black!)

by hotspur on Feb 26, 2012 12:49 PM EST reply actions  

Memorial patches are always black

R.I.P. "Kid", Gary Edmund Carter (1954-2012)
Keith = HoF
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by piazza62 on Feb 26, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions  

This.

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by Ogre39666 on Feb 26, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions  

The "MHK" patch for the Pats was blue to match the uni and it worked

I can’t believe I’m endorsing something the Pats did, but here we are.

by hotspur on Feb 26, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions  

are you saying that memorial patches

are racist ?.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Feb 26, 2012 6:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Inherently

"Sometimes you make a mistake and you get hit in the head." - Eli Manning
Crunked and Swagged out since 2011
"Let’s go out there like a bunch of crazed dogs and have some fun!" - The one and only LT

by blains2000 on Feb 27, 2012 1:17 PM EST up reply actions  

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