Capozzi: Gary Carter hasn’t been shy about his interest in managing the Mets

Gary Carter...more face time than Charles Lane’s Universal Studio career.

Carter said he doesn’t plan to call Hernandez - ("If he wants to call and explain himself to me, so be it, but there’s not reason for me to talk to him,” he said.) - but he does want to call Randolph to apologize, perhaps this week

“I don’t think there’s really a need to call Willie but I will, only because that’s me,” Carter said. “Lets face it, with all the talk going on maybe this was a way to take the focus off of him.”

...If Carter has a flaw, it’s that he is so open and outspoken with the media, a trait that goes back to his playing days, maybe too much for his own good.

“I talked to (Marlins TV broadcaster) Tommy Hutton and Tommy said to me (Friday), ‘Kid, you’ve got my support. And everybody who knows you knows there was no intent. Hey, you learn from it.’ I said, ‘Boy, did I learn a lesson from this.’’”

That lesson?

“I wear my heart on my sleeve and it sometimes it gets me in trouble because I am so open and honest,” he said. “I just have to be more cautious.”