A true tragedy

[yendi]

On the day when lots of, for lack of a better phrase, aggrandizing lies are being told about one sports legend, here's a great piece about a sports figure who really will be leaving this earth too soon.

(And yeah, watching the '86 series remains one of my favorite moments ever. But even after learning about how ill-behaved most of the '86 folks were, it was hard not to love Carter.)

Comments

[p-m-cryan.livejournal.com]

The 1986 Mets were my Mets, too.

[jeff-morris.livejournal.com]

Ah, but for some of us, hating anyone wearing that uniform was sheer delight. :)

I was very saddened to hear about Carter's situation. But as I've learned twice in the last fifteen years, fair just doesn't enter into it.

[mangosteen]

Yeah. Those were my Mets. That just completely sucks. Carter was totally the nerdy good guy.

Thanks for pointing at the article.

[yendi]

I still love the team, but it's hard to feel the same enthusiasm one does when one's 14.

[yendi]

:-) The loss of the Cards/Mets rivalry is one of my biggest problems with realignment. I still have schadenfreudetastic memories of Tudor (just a month after that amazing ten-inning shutout against the Mets) punching the fan.

And yeah, the lack of fairness in life is obvious over and over, but I never fail to be disappointed.

[yendi]

No problem; I also recommend the book he wrote (and references in the article), which is a blast.

[p-m-cryan.livejournal.com]

Or when one was 24. :::nods:::