Feb
3
2012

Gary Carter Attends His Baseball Team’s Opening Night

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Gary Carter's jersey hangs in the dugout as Assistant Coach Scott Kingston gets ready for the season opener.

Gary Carter, who is waging a courageous battle against brain cancer, found the strength to be with his team for their season opener.

The Palm Beach Post writes:

Around the edge of the warning track and back into the familiar buzz of the ballpark came Gary Carter on Thursday night, riding in the back of a golf cart some 10 minutes before the national anthem and smiling broadly at the thought of this special reunion with his Palm Beach Atlantic University baseball team.

“You doin’ all right?” asked The Kid, tapping the top of one Sailfish player’s cap as the entire team hustled down to the right-field bullpen area to crowd around their coach and their inspiration.

“Let’s get a win tonight,” Carter said again and again, shaking hands with each of the players that an aggressive form of brain cancer has kept him from leading these past nine torturous months.

Never in his brief few minutes with the team did the grin leave his face.

Never, judging by his genuinely joyous reaction, did it occur to Carter that pushing himself to the physical limit on a trip from his Palm Beach Gardens home to a college baseball game might not be worth it.

“He wanted to be here for his guys, here for opening day,” said Carter’s daughter Kimmy Bloemers, the softball coach at PBAU. “He’s the Skip so he wanted to be here. He doesn’t have a lot of energy but when it comes to baseball, he’ll get that energy and that’s what he has right now.

“It’s a great day.”

For more, read the full article here.

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9 Comments + Add Comment

Kay February 3, 2012 at 7:24 am

God Bless the Kid! Stay Strong!
Peter R. February 3, 2012 at 7:28 am

Now this is the definition of a class act. Get well, Gary.
Alex68 February 3, 2012 at 8:24 am

Very good news for him, i am glad he mad it allright..
Des February 3, 2012 at 8:54 am

God Bless Gary, the epitome of courage, class and graciousness. I’m hoping Gary lives another hundred years.
srt February 3, 2012 at 8:58 am

You can’t help but admire the courage, class and determination Gary Carter has shown in the face of ultimate adversity.

I’m hoping for a miracle.
Brandon Butler February 3, 2012 at 10:17 am

Thats some great news! I tell ya what, cancer kicks your ass all around. Look at how huge he has gotten since he was diagnosed.
Metfan Lou February 3, 2012 at 12:46 pm

Is there any doubt we have a real angel amongst us.
D.C. February 3, 2012 at 9:00 pm

Made everyone on the team feel good and inspired by Carter’s presence.
theonlymaskman February 4, 2012 at 8:50 am

It’s good to hear that Gary is still able to get out to do this. That #8 should be hanging on a certain wall in Flushing instead of just in that opening day dugout.

By the way, how come there are very few comments here on a humanitarian type posting? As it that all the MMO feuding posters don’t know how to say something nice?

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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Nationals	23	20	.535	1.5
Phillies	20	23	.465	4.5
Mets	16	24	.400	7.0
Marlins	11	32	.256	13.5

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