(via SBNation's Rob Neyer)
(via SBNation's Rob Neyer)
Carter: "Farewell to the Kid
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Carter: "He Put the 8 in 1985"
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See Gary there, right there, practically smiling his teeth out? See those arms in the air? And the way he’s blocking the plate, giving no ground? And coming through so many times when it counted like you couldn’t believe it counted? And drawing you into the Mets like you’ve never been drawn in before?
You spend 162 games with the Mets in 1985, you never forget somebody like that. Never.
(via FaithAndFearInFlushing.com)
Carter: "Really Never Stopped Being Kid"
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And, so, what is real? Of course, the people who knew Gary Carter — his family, his friends, his teammates — knew a Gary Carter that we didn’t know. ... [But] I saw him play with such apparent joy, all the time, he was infectious and alive and so many times he made my day just a little bit better. He was the Kid. That Gary Carter was real too.
(via SI.com)
He weathered the glares of the veterans of the country club-ish major leagues, and showed up the next day just as eager, just as buoyant, just as relentless. If it was cool to have seen it all and done it all, to be unimpressed by the life they’d been granted, then Gary Carter was the biggest dork on the roster. Happily.
(via Yahoo Sports)
RIP Gary Carter: Obituaries, Cont'd
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*"To his credit, Carter embraced the moniker. The way he saw it, he was a man being paid big dollars to play a child's game. Hell yes, he was a kid."
(Jeff Pearlman, Wall Street Journal)
*"Carter was as sweet a person as you could meet in that highly competitive world. He made the Mets better the day he arrived."
(George Vecsey, New York Times)
*"Contradiction was not part of Carter; he was who he was -- religious, dedicated to his family, appreciative of what he had, proud of who he was and protective of his image."
(Marty Noble.com, MLB.com)
*"We were supposed to grow old with Gary, reliving that ’86 World Series until we got sick of it." (Bob Klapisch, Bergen NJ Record)
(Jeff Pearlman, Wall Street Journal)
*"Carter was as sweet a person as you could meet in that highly competitive world. He made the Mets better the day he arrived."
(George Vecsey, New York Times)
*"Contradiction was not part of Carter; he was who he was -- religious, dedicated to his family, appreciative of what he had, proud of who he was and protective of his image."
(Marty Noble.com, MLB.com)
*"We were supposed to grow old with Gary, reliving that ’86 World Series until we got sick of it." (Bob Klapisch, Bergen NJ Record)
RIP Gary Carter: Quote of the Day
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Gary Carter's Final At-Bat
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(via MLB.com)
RIP Gary Carter: Obituaries
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New York Times: "Gary Carter, the slugging catcher known as Kid for the sheer joy he took in playing baseball, who entered the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo but who most famously helped propel the Mets to their dramatic 1986 World Series championship, died Thursday. He was 57."
Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci: "Try as I might as a witness to his five years in New York as a catcher for the Mets, I cannot conjure a single image of Gary Carter with anything but a smile on his face. I have no recollection of a gloomy Carter, not even as his knees began to announce a slow surrender, his bat grew slow and weary or as his teammates, renowned masters of the dark arts, chided him for his well-displayed rectitude."
Metsblog.com's Matthew Cerrone: "This is not a platitude, because I think about it often and I mean it: Carter and the 1986 Mets taught me (at 10 years old) to never quit, never stop fighting, because you never know what might happen next. It’s not crazy to say that Carter and his teammates had an impact on my world view as a young man, and that’s the power of sports that should never be wasted on these men." (via Twitter)
Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci: "Try as I might as a witness to his five years in New York as a catcher for the Mets, I cannot conjure a single image of Gary Carter with anything but a smile on his face. I have no recollection of a gloomy Carter, not even as his knees began to announce a slow surrender, his bat grew slow and weary or as his teammates, renowned masters of the dark arts, chided him for his well-displayed rectitude."
Metsblog.com's Matthew Cerrone: "This is not a platitude, because I think about it often and I mean it: Carter and the 1986 Mets taught me (at 10 years old) to never quit, never stop fighting, because you never know what might happen next. It’s not crazy to say that Carter and his teammates had an impact on my world view as a young man, and that’s the power of sports that should never be wasted on these men." (via Twitter)
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We mourn the passing of Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who passed away today at the age of 57. (MLB)
*Sad farewell to Gary Carter, the big, boisterous, sunny heart of a big, rowdy, often dark championship Mets team. (Faith and Fear's Jason Fry)
*I am so sad! The Kid has left us. I started calling him Kid the first time I met him. He was admired and loved. (Johnny Bench)
*Who got the hit, two outs, one out away from elimination, bottom 10th, Game 6 1986 World Series? Gary Carter. (Keith Olbermann)
*The first time I remember looking at a box score was to find out Gary Carter's batting average. (Yahoo Sports' Kevin Kaduk) (via Twitter)
*Sad farewell to Gary Carter, the big, boisterous, sunny heart of a big, rowdy, often dark championship Mets team. (Faith and Fear's Jason Fry)
*I am so sad! The Kid has left us. I started calling him Kid the first time I met him. He was admired and loved. (Johnny Bench)
*Who got the hit, two outs, one out away from elimination, bottom 10th, Game 6 1986 World Series? Gary Carter. (Keith Olbermann)
*The first time I remember looking at a box score was to find out Gary Carter's batting average. (Yahoo Sports' Kevin Kaduk) (via Twitter)
