OT: Gary Carter Dies at 57

[Fred]

Thanks for posting that video link JD.

Wow, not that it wasn't expected after hearing about his condition, but truly a sad day. He epitomized a role model athlete. Too bad that aren't a lot more like him out there today.

[DixieBaseball]

RIP Gary...

[tcdyess]

Prime of my childhood... As much as I root for the Mets to fail, I always rooted for him. RIP...

[chris6net]

RIP "KID" You will be missed.
As a Mets fan you brought me many great moments the first as a 21 year old sitting in a bitterly cold Shea Stadium on Opening Day 1985 and hitting a 10th inning homerun off Neil Allen.

[Collectorsince62]

A lot was made of his card collecting when he first came up, but I never heard anything more later in his career. I remember an article where he said '59 Topps was the first set he completed. As a Cardinals fan, I couldn't root for the guy, but as a baseball card fan, I couldn't really root against him either.

[Delray Vintage]

I met Gary in 1985 while he did some work for our company. Really nice guy. We worked with many baseball players, Aaron, Bench, DiMaggio, Cepeda, Oliva among them and Gary was a genuinely friendly guy. Can't say that about many others. Will miss him and being exactly my age makes me think how lucky it is to have one's health. One day healthy, next day cancer.

[Peter_Spaeth]

With all the notoriety of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, people forget that Carter had 3 RBI in each of Games 3 and 4 (2 HR in Game 4) in Fenway to lead the Mets from the verge of extinction back into a tie. Very depressing games for this attendee.