Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who starred on the New York Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, passed away on Thursday at a hospice in the West Palm Beach, Florida area at age 57.
Back in May of last year, Mr. Carter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
Nicknamed "The Kid," Gary was an eleven-time All-Star and three time Golden Glove winner. His bottom-of-the-tenth-inning single helped the Mets mount a charge against the Boston Red Sox in the sixth game 1986 World Series, which New York ultimately won.
Both that game and the series, in fact.
Before coming to the Mets, Gary had started his Major League career with the Montreal Expos and helped guide them (now the Washington Nationals) to their only postseason berth (in 1981).
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