GARY CARTER RUMORS & GOSSIP

Taryn Cooper Joins Team McGraw In The 2012 ING New York City Marathon Honoring Gary Carter

Sometimes it can be incredibly insidious; a stalking relentless beast that methodically operates on a timetable of its own choosing. It has no regard to your wishes, desires or your plans. You’re a number to it at best. You go about your life indifferent to your own mortality – at least if you’re under 30 you do. Ultimately, you have no real control over it. Sure you can try...
Via Mets Merized Online  |  7 days ago
HONORING THE KID

Mets players to wear Carter's jersey

All New York Mets players and coaches will wear Gary Carter's No. 8 jersey during batting practice to pay tribute to the recently passed legend. 

Via Mets Merized Online  |  April 05, 2012

Mets to honor Carter on Opening Day

The New York Mets will honor the memory of former star Gary Carter with a pregame ceremony on opening day. Carter's family will take part in the tribute on April 5 at Citi Field before the Mets play the Atlanta Braves. His wife, Sandy, says ''it will be an incredible experience'' to celebrate his legacy by having the family throw out the ceremonial first pitch...
Via AP on Fox  |  March 26, 2012

Mets to honor memory of Gary Carter on opening day

The New York Mets will honor the memory of former star Gary Carter with a pregame ceremony on opening day. Carter's family will take part in the tribute on April 5 at Citi Field before the Mets play the Atlanta Braves. His wife, Sandy, says ''it will be an incredible experience'' to celebrate his legacy by having the family throw out the ceremonial first pitch...
Via AP on Fox  |  March 26, 2012

Montreal considers ways to honor Gary Carter

The city of Montreal is asking people for ideas on how the late baseball great Gary Carter should be remembered. The Hall of Fame catcher died earlier this month. Carter played his first 11 major league seasons in Montreal and returned to the Expos in 1992 to end his career. Montreal residents will be able to pitch ideas through the city's website until March 31. A decision...
Via AP on Fox  |  February 27, 2012

Mets will wear patch to honor Carter

The New York Mets will wear a patch on their uniforms this year to honor Gary Carter. The Hall of Fame catcher died this month. Carter played five seasons with the Mets and helped them win the 1986 World Series. The Mets said Sunday that they will wear the symbol for all games this year, starting in spring training. The patch will feature a black home plate with Carter's jersey...
Via AP on Fox  |  February 26, 2012
FOR THE KID

Mets to wear Gary Carter patch

Before the Mets contingent who came to pay tribute to Gary Carter at the memorial service Friday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Carter’s widow, Sandy, was given a mockup of the No. 8 patch the Mets will wear this season in honor of the fallen Hall of Fame catcher by the team’s owners, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, and manager Terry Collins. The mockup depicts Carter’s number...
Via Mets Merized Online  |  February 25, 2012

Annakin Slayd records Gary Carter tribute called "Kid" (Video)

Earlier this week, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter died at the age of 57. As a tribute to Gary Carter, Annakin Slayd, a musical artist from Montreal, recorded a song called "Kid" along with a video featuring highlights of Carter during his playing days. Most of the highlights are from Carter's years with the Expos, the team with which he spent...
Via Holdout Sports  |  February 18, 2012
RIP

Empire State Building's tribute to Gary Carter

Gary Carter was loved by many and The Kid's memory lives on in the New York sky on Friday. The Empire State Building is lit up in Mets colors in honor of Carter, who played five seasons for the Mets from 1985 to 1989. He is best remembered in his time playing for the Amazin's for his two-out single to spark the team's comeback victory in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series...
Via NESN.com  |  February 17, 2012
REST IN PEACE, KID

Possibly Gary Carter's last recorded interview

On Feb. 18, 2011, the late, great Gary Carter appeared on a podcast and it is possible that it was the Hall of Famer's last recorded interview.

Via i70baseball  |  February 17, 2012
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