Two blocks from Shannon Dalton Forde's longtime home, the Borough of Little Ferry (N.J.), the Mets, and Major League Baseball dedicated a youth baseball and softball field in her memory on Friday morning.
A testament to the late Mets public relations official's popularity, the ceremony drew a large crowd of VIPs, including Sandy Alderson, Omar Minaya, Jeff Wilpon, Willie Randolph, David Wright, and John Franco, as well as Forde's two children and other family members.
Spearheaded by Mets VP Jay Horwitz, more than $235,000 was raised to renovate the field, which has been named "Shannon Dalton Forde Memorial Field.