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Carter attends former team's season opener
Fla. -- Though he is unable to coach anymore while battling brain cancer, Gary Carter wouldn't miss the season opener of the Palm Beach Atlantic University team he coached the past two seasons.The Hall of Fame catcher, who spent five of his 19 major-league Read more »
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Ex-mates have warm thoughts of Carter
Gary Carter appeared at a dinner for his foundation Jan. 15 in West Palm Beach, Fla., the Hall of Fame catcher gave a heartfelt speech that one former Mets teammate described as " Lou Gehrig -ish." Carter , whose bout with brain cancer recently took a turn Read more »
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86 Mets recall Gary Carter's impact
key members of the Mets' 1986 championship team Sunday shared their thoughts and prayers for Gary Carter , the Hall of Fame catcher, World Series hero and Mets fan favorite whose battle with brain cancer apparently took a turn for the worse recently.At an Read more »
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Gary Carter MRI reveals new tumors
MRI Thursday revealed that former Mets catcher Gary Carter has additional spots and tumors on his brain, according to a family blog.Kimmy Bloemers, Carter 's daughter who authors the blog, wrote that Carter went in for an MRI on Jan. 13 in North Palm Beach, Read more »
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Ailing Carter makes appearance
Hall of Famer Gary Carter made a rare public appearance Sunday night at his annual golf tournament, telling his audience, "I'm not feeling all that good."The Palm Beach Post reported that Carter, diagnosed with brain cancer last May, "sounded like his usual Read more »
Around the web
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Your Mets comments: Gary Carter's extraordinary courage
I was able to talk to him and got my pic with him arm and arm. A stand up guy and a stand up player. The league needs more Gary Carters. My prayers are with Gary and his family. I always admired Gary Carter as a great player and leader on the field. I'll never from NJ.com Read more »
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Middlesex's Carter cherishes time with ailing Gary Carter
but compare, however, The Kids image in a New York Mets uniform to present day Skip without getting emotional. The results of Gary Carters latest MRI, according to a Jan. 19 online journal posting of his daughter, Kimmy Bloemers, who coaches softball at Palm from Home News Tribune Read more »
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Gary Carter Teaching More Than Baseball
smiles on children’s faces. All those things. It’s a part of who we are. And the Kid was not going to miss it. But for Gary Carter, forever remembered as “Kid” around here, the poetry had to be rewritten this year. It’s no less beautiful. No less inspirational. from Real Clear Sports Read more »
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Staub, Melvin, Cormier to be immortalized in Canadian baseball shrine
before Joe Carter touched ‘em all and long before Doug Ault, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Larry Walker, Justin Morneau and Joey Votto made a name for themselves, Rusty Staub was the face of Canadian baseball. Some 20 odd years before Brett Lawrie was born – from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Staub, Montreal have enduring connection
Staub (left, with fellow Expos great Gary Carter in 2001) made a lasting impact on baseball in Canada. (AP) Rusty Staub was among the men identified Tuesday as members of the 2012 class of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. No surprise there -- except that from MLB.com Read more »
