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Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Growing up in New York whether you were a fan of the Yankees or the Mets, it was hard not to get caught up with what was going on at Shea Stadium in the Summer of 1986. A big reason for the excitement that summer was the exuberant play of Gary Carter. On Thursday, Carter passed away at the age of 57, succumbing to brain cancer.

 

An 11-time All-Star, Carter won three Golden Gloves and five Silver Slugger awards in his career. The 1983 All-Star Game MVP was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 as an Expo. The Expos retired Carter's number 8, also in 2003.

 

Although, I grew up about 20 minutes away from Shea Stadium, the Yankees were the team I rooted for. But, for some reason most of my baseball memories in the '80s come from the Mets and, more specifically, Gary Carter.

 

Whether it was his brilliant performance in the 1983 All-Star Game, or his walk-off home run in his first game with the Mets in 1985, Carter provided so many big moments. None, though, will top what he did in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.

 

Trailing by two runs to the Boston Red Sox, who by the way had just been congratulated on the Diamond Vision screen for their World Series win, Carter walked through the dugout yelling to anyone who could hear him that he wasn't going to be the one to make that last out.

 

Dwight Gooden may have described who Carter was the best Friday morning during a radio interview. After Gooden had the first of his substance abuse problems back in 1986, Carter would often visit him at the Smithers Clinic after games and just talk to him, see how he was doing from a personal standpoint. Never once did Carter ask when he was coming back. All he wanted to make sure was that Gooden got better.

 

"The one thing I remember about Gary was his smile," former teammate Mookie Wilson said. "He loved life and loved to play the game of baseball."

 

Carter probably lost a lot of supporters not only within the Mets community, but in all of baseball during the Willie Randolph era in Flushing, when he openly lobbied for his the manager's job even though it had yet to be vacated.

 

The slim chance that he may have had was probably gone. And that fight ended on Thursday.

 

Fort Myers, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Wakefield is retiring from the game of baseball. The 45-year-old knuckleballer will make his announcement during a Friday press conference at JetBlue Park, the spring training home of the Red Sox in Fort Myers, Florida.

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