Monday, February 20, 2012
'Kid' lived a life of grace and giving | FOX Sports - Bob Klapisch -Carter was a Met who lived beyond the excesses of the '80s. There were no drugs in his world, no booze, no girlfriends on the side. Kid was straight out of Ozzie and Harriet, faithful to his wife, Sandy, devoted to his children, always smiling, bestowing corny nicknames upon anyone who came his way.
John Koch: 'The Kid' In All of Us - HuffingtonPost.com - The "Mets" were, of course, the miracle New York Mets, a team built not on Sabermetrics, but on Tug McGraw's premise that "You gotta believe." And believe I did. "Carter" was, of course, Gary Carter, who, at the time, was the best catcher in baseball, and eventually would become one of the greatest to ever play the game.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Mike Lupica: NY Mets great Gary Carter, dead after bout with brain cancer, got to say goodbye on Palm Beach Atlantic University baseball field - NY Daily News - At least he got to say goodbye to baseball, here at this small spring training park off Donald Ross Blvd. Here, after all the big stadiums and big moments of his Hall of Fame career. Here, all that green grass around him one last time, a baseball game waiting to be played. Kid’s last field.
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