FanHouse Long Island Ducks

Back at the end of May when we were all waiting for Willie Randolph to get the axe from the New York Mets, former Mets catcher Gary Carter decided to take action. While we all sat on our butts, Gary got out there and went on the radio to let us all know he'd totally take the job after the Mets fired Randolph. He caught a bit of heat for it.

I mean, campaigning for a job while somebody else still holds the position just doesn't happen here in the United States, but maybe it should because it seems to work. Barack Obama did it, and now he'll be the next President of the United States, and Gary is going to get that job managing in New York after all.

Carter, a Hall of Famer and former Met, will manage the minor league Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Carter's previous managerial experience includes two successful minor league seasons in the Mets' organization. He was manager of the year in the Gulf Coast League and the Florida State League in 2005 and 2006, and won the Florida State League title in '06.

Okay, so it's not the New York gig he had been hoping for, but it's in the perfect spot for Gary. Since he'll be working on Long Island, he's always only a cab ride away from the Mets front office should the team hit a four game slide next April and he needs to make another pitch.

Jay Gibbons, everybody's favorite admitted HGH user and alleged victim of collusion, is finally going to play some baseball again. But don't go looking for him on television. You'll have to drive out to beautiful Islip, NY to find Gibbons with his new team: the Atlantic League's Long Island Ducks.

"I'm looking forward to getting back and playing ball again," said Gibbons, who will likely start working out with the Ducks in the next couple of days. "It's been 10 weeks, so hopefully I can get out on the field some time this week."

Boy, what a drop off for a 30-year-old outfielder who could probably still play some ball. Yeah, he's had some injuries lately ... and he may not be that good. But even so, there's not a major league team willing to give him a job in AAA? The fact that he has to go all the way to an unaffiliated Independent team while so many others mentioned in the Mitchell report have jobs in the majors means that it's not collusion. But it's just weird.