The Mets have been battling it out with Kosher Foods Inc. over whether the company is entitled to serve glatt kosher food every day of the week at Citi Field, or if serving food on Friday nights and Saturdays violates the Sabbath. The case has been bounced to Federal court, but the Judge in it has now chosen to recuse himself, for fear of seeming biased in favor of the orange and blue boys from Queens.
Brooklyn U.S. Magistrate Andrew Carter said he was stepping aside because the plaintiff's lawyer spotted him wearing a Mets hat outside the courthouse. Previously, Carter said there was "no need for concern" when a Kosher Foods lawyer commented on his blue and orange tie as a possible sign that he was siding with the Mets. A Mets tie would be pretty ostentatious for a court room; next thing, we'll be hearing about Judges wearing their limited edition Madoff Mets jerseys under their robes. We're not entirely sure why the Mets are so adamant that Kosher Foods shouldn't serve food on the Sabbath, but maybe they have some slightly more pressing legal cases that should be taking up their whole attention?
