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Jack Clark Knows How to Hold a Grudge

By Josh AlperJul 1st 2009 – 2:30PM

Things went pretty well for Jack Clark during his three years as a St. Louis Cardinal in the mid-1980s. He hit 66 homers and the Cardinals went to the World Series in 1985 and 1987. Sure, they dropped each of those series in seven games and the '86 Cardinals finished 28 1/2 games behind the Mets, but you'd think 20-plus...

Baseball Brunch: Familiar Faces, Strange Places in Independent Minors

By Ed PriceMay 24th 2009 – 10:00AM

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch. CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – The cleanup hitters in Thursday's game were Preston Wilson and Carl Everett. They have combined to play in more than 2,500 major-league games, hit 391 homers and make more than $80 million. Wilson and Everett were on...

Gary Carter Will Manage In New York

By Tom FornelliNov 8th 2008 – 1:05PM

Back at the end of May when we were all waiting for Willie Randolph to get the axe from the New York Mets, former Mets catcher Gary Carter decided to take action. While we all sat on our butts, Gary got out there and went on the radio to let us all know he'd totally take the job after the Mets fired Randolph. He caught a...

Has Gary Carter Been Blackballed by Major League Baseball?

By Josh AlperJun 24th 2008 – 5:30PM

Until he ham-handedly interjected himself into the Willie Randolph deathwatch, it was hard to remember the last time Gary Carter's name got mentioned. Now that he's come back into view, it seems that he's going to have to be torn from the, well not spotlight but whatever illuminative device he's under. He gave an interview...

Wally Backman Would Like a Job; Any Job, Really, Will Do

By Will BrinsonJun 2nd 2008 – 12:30AM

Desperation is a stinky cologne. So even though Wally Backman is well-intentioned and would probably be a very good manager, it is still tough to see him essentially beg for a job. Backman, of course, did have a job in 2004 when he was hired to be the Arizona Diamondbacks manger, for about four days. Then his past haunted...

gary carter News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Video: Mets Fan In Jorts & Carter Jersey Joins Johan's... Source: The Long Island City / Astoria Journal - Queens NY Last night, in the thrill of his no-hitter —the first in Mets history—Johan Santana was swarmed by his teammates...and one really ballsy fan.
  • 06/01/12 Gary Carter Leaving FremantleMedia Source: World Screen Gary Carter, the chief operating officer at FremantleMedia, is planning to leave the company within the next six months.
  • 05/31/12 Carter to leave FremantleMedia Source: Variety FremantleMedia chief operating officer Gary Carter is quitting after eight years at the RTL Group's production arm.
  • 05/30/12 Local briefs Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA Three people wanted on warrants by the Erie County Sheriff's Office are back in custody.
  • 05/29/12 Meadville man 'critical' following Greenwood Twp. crash Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA A city man remains in critical condition today with injuries he suffered in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning in Greenwood Township, Crawford County.

Background on gary carter

Gary Edmund Carter (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) was an American professional baseball catcher whose 21-year career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets.

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