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Author: erikalbany
Date: 02-17-12 14:25
Gary Carter was a class act. I'd have been proud to have him as a Red Sock. I loved the fact that he went into the Hall as an Expo. . .
And speaking of onetime Mets catchers, I again send out a plea to the TP community to listen to Belle & Sebastian's song about Mike Piazza (on Dear Catastrophe Waitress). The idea that they would even be driven to take up the topic of Mets baseball is a true head scratcher.
In other news, I am going to see the Celtics in April. There should be a song about Celts guard Danny Ainge, who once even played pro baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Author: rhettlawrence
Date: 02-17-12 15:51
It is very sad. That kind of "dying within months of being diagnosed" shit scares the hell out of me.
On the baseball tip, I assume any of you baseball fans have checked out the stuff by The Baseball Project. If not, you should - it's pretty great.
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Author: STEVE
Date: 02-17-12 18:55
the expos played their preseason games in w palm bch where i grew up. and that 1994 strike team with Lance Parrish, Andre Dawson & 'the kid' would have won the world series. if not for selig & mlb. can't you just read their lips..? 'We cant lose to a team from canada, KICK THEM OUT OF THE LEAGUE!
no matta, gary carter played great baseball.
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Author: zoo
Date: 02-17-12 20:17
'94 strike team? Gary Carter retired in '92 and Dawson was w/ the Red Sox. I don't know where Parrish was, but it wasn't on a team with either.
Now the Expos in '94 had some talent, but none by the names of Carter, Dawson, or Parrish.
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Author: rebelwithoutaclue
Date: 02-17-12 20:22
i met gary carter as he was headed to the park early at shea stadium.
it was 1983 and he was an expo. i see gary walking in and i figured he was in a hurry so i didnt ask him for an autograph. he asked if i wanted him to sign the ball, he signed it and talked to me for a bit. i never saw a guy with so much energy and love for the game and not just the game but he was loving life.
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Author: Philippe
Date: 02-20-12 05:06
Growing up an Expos fan in the 1970s, Carter was my idol. His death was a surprisingly huge story in Montreal, probably the most anyone has talked about baseball since the 1994 strike.
It's the 1981 team (also a strike-shortened season) that had Dawson, Carter and Parrish. And others. Damn you, Rick Monday, damn you...
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Author: Heff
Date: 02-21-12 12:33
Ah, but that 94 team did have Larry Walker, Pedro Martinez, John Wetteland, Moises Alou and others that had career years that year. It was a great team and would've won the series. That strike killed my enthusiasm for baseball that I have still yet to regain.
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