Thursday, April 05, 2012
For Mets, Whispers to Build From Within - NYTimes.com - Harvey Araton - Build it and “he” will come. In so many words, that was Darryl Strawberry’s message on the day the 2012 Mets memorialized Gary Carter before launching their era of enforced frugality with a 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. Strawberry fondly recalled another opening day, 1985, when Carter made his debut with the Mets and homered off St. Louis’s Neil Allen in the 10th inning at Shea Stadium for a 6-5 victory.
Hanson strong, but Braves come up empty - Braves.com - Mark Bowman - Six months have passed since the Braves saw their horrific September mercifully put to rest. But as they opened a new season at Citi Field on Thursday afternoon, they were reintroduced to some of last year's frustrations.
Mets honor Gary Carter on Opening Day - Newsday - Carter's wife, Sandy Carter, and their three children stood at the wall in left-center and pulled down a blue drape to reveal a black symbol shaped like home plate with "Kid" above an "8" -- Gary's nickname and number for nearly his entire 19-year career. The players wore a similar patch on their right sleeve. Members of his family were then escorted by former teammate and current Mets third base coach Tim Teufel to a spot in front of the mound where they watched a video tribute on the scoreboard. Sandy and the three children, D.J., Christy and Kimmy, threw out ceremonial first pitches to Gary's teammates on that championship club, Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Mookie Wilson.
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