Monday, February 20, 2012
Fan Fuel: Remembering Gary Carter - sportsnet.ca - Michael Gonzalez -Remember that when he broke into the Majors, he was a right fielder. I even remember being at old Jarry Park with my grandfather when Carter chased a fly ball, crashed into the wall and ended up bruising three ribs. By the way, the ball was an obvious home run and Carter had absolutely no chance to catch it but that play was a sign of how the rest of his career would be; always hustling, always playing at 200 miles per hour as if every out was the last play of his life.
Gary Carter’s Signing Was the Product of a Scout’s Scheming - NYTimes.com - John Klima - The ploy was simple. Zuk loved Carter, but he did not want anybody else to know how much he loved him. So while Carter played that spring, Zuk spied on him. He ordered his associate to no longer attend his games. Instead, Zuk scouted Carter with binoculars in his car or hid in the bushes and trees, careful not to let his cigar smoke give him away. Now he hoped Carter would fall to the Expos in the June draft.
'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.
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