Mets Under Fire for Giving Away Gary Carter’s Number: Should they Retire No. 8? | PATREON PREVIEW

About this episode

The episode discusses the Mets' decision to give away Gary Carter's No. 8 and whether they should retire the number permanently.

Rich MacLeod and Michael Baron (co-creator, Just Mets) react to the Mets controversial decision to give away Gary Carter's No. 8 to rookie Nick Morabito, and discuss if the franchise should retire the number permanently.

People in this episode

Host: Rich MacLeod

Guest: Michael Baron

Topics covered

• Gary Carter
• Mets
• number retirement
• baseball controversy
• rookie players

Keywords

• Mets
• Gary Carter
• No. 8
• Nick Morabito
• number retirement
• baseball
• controversy

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Organizations: Mets

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