New York Mets great Gary Carter dies at age 57 - Tom Verducci - SI.com

sportsillustrated.cnn.com — Try as I might as a witness to his five years in New York as a catcher for the Mets, I cannot conjure a single image of Gary Carter with anything but a smile on his face. I have no recollection of a gloomy Carter, not even as his knees began to announce a slow surrender, his bat grew slow and weary or as his teammates, renowned masters of the dark arts, chided him for his well-displayed rectitude. Feb 18, 2012 View in Crawl 4