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His run-scoring single in the 12th inning of Game 5 led the Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Astros, and Carter had two more hits in New York’s pennant-clinching, 7-6, 16-inning win in Game 6. After the Boston Red Sox won the first two games of the World...
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Former New York Mets and Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter poses with a bronze bust in his likeness before a Mets' game in New York in this August 12, 2001 file photo. The former Major League Baseball catcher, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame who... View Photo »
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Winning the World Series was good
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His smile, bubbly personality and eagerness to excel on a ballfield made him a joy to watch at the plate and behind it. Even his Hall of Fame bronze plaque at Cooperstown shows him with a toothy grin -- the Kid forever. The star catcher, whose single...
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Carter twice was the MVP of the All-Star game. He won the award in 1981 by homering twice in baseball's first game after a players' strike that lasted two months. He remains the lone player to have a two-homer performance in an All-Star game and a...
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Two days later, the Mets won Game 7 to clinch their first World Series title since 1969. More than 23 years later, Carter would use the story of his clutch hit as a teaching tool at Palm Beach Atlantic University, where he was hired in 2009 as the head...
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Palm Beach Atlantic University head coach Gary Carter holds his 2-year-old granddaughter Alyse Bloemers, before the start of their season opening game against Lynn University in Jupiter, Florida in this February 2, 2012 file photo. The former Major... View Photo »
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There have been plenty of bad Super Bowls and World Series and Final Fours — but nobody ever watches those and thinks, ‘Why did they have this game?
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Other Stanford players on that list are third baseman Stephen Piscotty (14th), shortstop Kenny Diekroeger (17th), pitcher Brett Mooneyham (31st) and outfielders Tyler Gaffney (54th) and Jake Stewart (86th). The Commodores, coming off a performance in...
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Court could hear a...- 9:58 pm A bill that would create a task force on babies born addicted to their mothers' prescription drugs...- 9:21 pm Tiara Browns Olympic dream came to an end Thursday night.- 11:34 pm Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, whose single...
About World Series
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The World Series has been the annual championship series of professional baseball in the United States of America since 1903, concluding the postseason of Major League Baseball. Since the Series takes place in October, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic, a usage reflected in the official symbols of the 2008 World... Full Article
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New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada, center, is flanked by teammates Mariano Rivera, left, and Derek Jeter, while standing behind five World Series trophies during a news conference to announce his retirement at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012.
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