http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Gary+Carter IrishCentral Gary Carter en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_american_in_ireland/athletes-are-not-heroes-but-gary-carter-was-139815373.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/the_american_in_ireland/athletes-are-not-heroes-but-gary-carter-was-139815373.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:15:14 PST
Gary Carter - Hall of Famer and heroIt was the middle of the night in late October 1986 and I was listening to the radio as I lay in my bed, in a dark, damp, dingy bed-sit in Dublin I was feeling despondent - yes despondent - when Gary Carter delivered a serious shot of hope for the New York Mets and, thus, for meFans of the Mets and the Boston Red Sox who are old enough remember clearly how that 10th inning of the 6th game of the 1986 World Series played out As far as I'm concerned it was Carter and not Mookie Wilson nor Ray Knight, both of whom feature in the most famous clips from that game, who delivered the biggest blow for the Mets in that inning/game/series READ MORE ]]>