Posted on 02/16/2012 5:10:38 PM PST by mkleesma
Sad news. I enjoyed watching him play. Peace to GC and his family.
Well -- almost everything. There was this one guy who just stood out as a class act, an all-time baseball great, and a bundle of energy who stood for everything a sports fan would want to see in his team: enthusiasm and a hard-nosed, never-say-die competitive spirit.
Where have you gone, Gary Carter? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
I always hated Gary Carter no matter where he was playing—until he came to the Giants for a year, and I grew to like him a lot. Changed my whole opinion of him.
although I am Yankees fan, the 1986 mets are LEGEND!
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