Coast League's manager of the year in 2005 and led the Class A St. Lucie Mets to the Florida State League championship in 2006. He was named Palm Beach Atlantic University's baseball coach in October 2009. "Just him being who he was helped turn this...

“He came to the conclusion that managing the Mets wasn’t going to happen,” said Kent Bottenfield, a former big-league pitcher who is now the associate head coach at PBAU. “But I think he now sees this is where he was supposed to be. With these young men.

"Me and my wife never forgot that."Even while struggling with cancer, Carter doesn't ask for much. He talks about other things, such as his autism foundation and his college team.Another former Expos teammate, Kent Bottenfield , was recruited to take...

Dave Duncan, the Kent Bottenfield Guy. Honorable mention: In 2010 Duncan apparently made the same suggestion to Brad Penny, who went 5.7/1.5 in nine starts before his own grand slam broke the spell. Braden Looper: Hey, wouldn't it be neat if you hadn't...

BaseballReference.com. Remember the 1999 Cardinals? Yeah, I don't either. Looks like they went 75-86 and finished 4th in the division. Looking back, this was probably one of the worst seasons the Cardinals had in the Tony LaRussa era. 1999 was totally...