I was sorry to hear of another celebrity death, baseball player Gary Carter. Before the Blue Jays existed there were the Expos in Montreal, and Carter was a star there for eleven years. A handsome guy with a million dollar grin he played hard and seemed to love it. During 22 years in the game he was an eleven time all star and evntually a Hall of Famer.
Gary Carter was also a person of faith, a committed Christian who was faithful to his wife and loved his kids. Darryl Strawberry played with Carter on the Mets. While Strawberry was a great talent his career was derailed by drugs and alcohol. After hearing of Carter's death he said that he wished he could have live his life like his former teammate.
The Gary Carter Foundation has given away more than $600,000 through the years, much of it to reading programs for school children. He was one of the good guys whose life was tragically cut short by a brain tumour. He was only fifty seven which I now consider young!
Any memories of Carter during his playing years? Other comments?
3 comments:
Yes, lots of memories! I was a huge Expos fan way back then, and Carter was one of my favourites.
As well as being a great catcher, he just seemed like an all round good guy.
Yet another reminder of the fragility of life.
A legend and a class act.
Yes,also have lots of good memories,was one of my favourites .Seen him play in Toronto when they played Pearson cup(battle of baseball in Canada).We were on the field for family day,got to take pictures.He was a celeberty even in Toronto.I still have his #8 jersey.Who can forget "The Dream Season",1986,the Mets won the world series from Boston.I have his book The Dream Season.I just loaned it to a devoted fan of the Expos,Nancy T. He was a great Catcher ,player and all round nice guy always smiling,didn't fit in with alot of his team mates because he didn't drink smoke or party and was christian,but he got respect for the way he played the game and lived his life.He will be missed!
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