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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Here
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RIP Gary Carter
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02-16-2012, 04:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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RIP Kid.
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02-16-2012, 04:31 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Sad to see.
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02-16-2012, 04:36 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I remember coming home from school and watching the 86 NLCS in the afternoon on a weekday. Seems like a world ago. RIP.
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02-16-2012, 04:37 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Ah damn. I heard on the radio last week that his tumors had come back or something similar to that.
He wore the jheri curl well. RIP Gary.
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02-16-2012, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Seven miles up
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Sux.
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02-16-2012, 05:13 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The State of Rutgers
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RIP Gary.
Can;t believe the Mets didn't retire his number while he was still alive. |
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02-16-2012, 05:15 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Edmonton, AB
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Grew up loving the Expos and he was always one of my faves.
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02-16-2012, 05:18 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
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RIP Gary Carter. He shouldn't have had to wait so long to get into the Hall.
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02-16-2012, 06:12 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Rip Gary. Always enjoyed watching you play.
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02-16-2012, 06:37 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: May 2006
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Aw man... I loved watching him play as a kid. RIP Gary.
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02-16-2012, 07:26 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
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One of my first baseball memories is the 86 World Series.
RIP Gary. |
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02-16-2012, 07:44 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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I was an 11 year old Mets fan in 1986. I part of my childhood just died.
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02-16-2012, 07:46 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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One heck of a ball player, even if your team was up against him you had to respect & admire the way he attacked the game.
Rest In Peace Kid.
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02-16-2012, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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This. It's funny he was always the Kid, even though he was an veteran by the time I really remember watching him. And I still connect him more with the Expos (since they were in the same division with the Braves, and the Mets weren't back then). |
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02-16-2012, 07:57 PM
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World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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Another remembrance: Expos versus the Reds on the Game of the Week. I still remember how big a deal the announcers made of the two catchers (Bench/Carter). Not many times were baseball games then (even now) so focused around two catchers. But even then, you knew you were watching two future HOF'mers at work.
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02-16-2012, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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By the way, did anyone else read the Gary Carter's Iron Mask series by Robert Montgomery as a kid?
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02-16-2012, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Agreed. He seemed like he always enjoyed the game and gave it his best. In some ways, even though we like to make fun of or give guys a hard time if they hang around too long, I never minded seeing him playing for the Dodgers or Giants because he still hustled like he was a rookie. RIP Kid. |
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02-16-2012, 09:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada
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the Kid was one of my first sport idols. Used to see his big smile light up the screen when the Expos would be on. This one makes me sad.
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02-16-2012, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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RIP, Gary.
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02-16-2012, 10:38 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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RIP Kid, he played the game the way it should be played.
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02-17-2012, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bloomington, IN
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God, I fucking *hated* Gary Carter. It seems like half of my worst baseball memories from childhood had Gary Carter in close proximity. It wasn't even a "respect hate" where he terrified me because he was so awesome. It morphed way beyond that into straight-up hatred for everything he stood for. I hated him, hated his kids, his wife, his dead grandma, the town he was born in, his high school, the car he drove, the beer he drank, the after shave he wore and the color of his socks.
RIP, Gary. You are gone too soon. For a kid in middle-of-nowhere Indiana, you made baseball worth watching. |
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02-17-2012, 08:02 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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02-17-2012, 08:25 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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R.I.P. Sad day for Mets fans
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02-17-2012, 09:21 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2002
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Carter's last at-bat....
Everything you love about sports. Just about perfect.
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02-17-2012, 09:30 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2006
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RIP Gary.
One of my all time favorites and really a part of what made baseball so great to me growing up rooting for the Mets. Sad day as another one of my heroes pass. |
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02-17-2012, 09:49 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Not sure if this interests anyone here, but Seth Everett, who has hosted shows on ESPN radio and I believe currently works as a broadcaster in Philly, hosted a Gary Carter tribute on a site called Spreecast last night. Apparently its a video streaming service that allows people to watch along live and join in. Back story, Seth has been a family friend since before I was born, and grew up with my brother, who was an even bigger Carter fan than I was. So my brother heard he was hosting this thing and tuned in, and Seth had him on to share his memories of Carter as well. He shows up around the 11 minute mark and apparently is on for about 40 minutes, with a couple other guys at times. I only watched about the first 15 minutes so far but it's entertaining if you're a Carter fan and have some time to kill.
Former MLBer Darryl Hamilton gets on around 25 minutes in. http://www.spreecast.com/events/trib...id-gary-carter |
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