Comments on: Gary Carter’s brain cancer treatment is “extremely grave”

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:50:20 +0000

Gary Carter always seemed like a positive guy, hopefully is attitude is helping him and his family through this difficult time.

By: p543

p543 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:53:10 +0000

My friend met Gary Carter when he was playing for the Giants. He told her that he did not have time to sign an autograph, but would meet her after the game to sign autographs and he did. One of my favorite players and a class act.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:28 +0000

Please get it right-the TREATMENT isn’t “extremely grave”, the PROGNOSIS/DIAGNOSIS/OUTLOOK (there are many ways to say it) is.

Saying that the treatment itself is grave would mean that it’s a horrible thing to do.

BIG, HUGE difference.

By: mox19380

mox19380 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:55:42 +0000

Like many on this page I have lost more than a few close friends and family as a result of cancer. I like to consider myself a man of strong resolve but when I read things like this my eyes well up with tears cause I know the pain and grief the family will go through and the excruciating physical and mental pain Mr. Carter will go through. I wish I could say I had an optimistic outlook for Mr. Carter but knowing the in-and-outs of brain tumors I know it isn’t likely….nontheless I wish him the best and hope he can beat the odds

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:27:17 +0000

Wow. Thumbs down for commenters showing empathy to each other for having and watching and supporting loved ones die of a horrific disease.

By: tone360

tone360 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:14:45 +0000

Gary Carter is awesome. Cancer sucks!

By: proobone

proobone — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:45:49 +0000

I’m touched, I’m a lifetime Red’s fan but Carter is a player who played the game and represented the game as a player should . What a loss to humanity it will be when he passes. He is one of those players that really touched me as I watched him play and be interviewed. He will be missed nad I pray thet he goes peacefully and Mmy thoughts go out to his family , stay stong and remember the good. He is a good man.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:09:47 +0000

Yeah, if you’re an Oiler fan and an Expo fan, you got to feel it twice. Now it looks like we’re gonna be a man down in the “Boyhood Hero I’d Most Like To Meet” category. Damn it.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:07:04 +0000

I hadn’t seen you around for a while ‘burg. I was wondering how things were going for your dad. Sorry to hear this. Same to you Cliff & JW. Family members are irreplaceable. Words don’t even come close to describing how awful such losses are nor are they adequate solace. Better days to you.

By: pugetsoundmarinerfan

pugetsoundmarinerfan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:31:55 +0000

I remember Gary Carter as a fierce competitor on the field, a gentleman off the field, and a great role model for our youth. The game of baseball was all the better for his participation, and he brought his fans to their feet with cheers during many games. He lived a great life, had a slew of friends, and deserves our respect and thanks for a life well lived that included us, his fans! I, for one, wish him peace and I look forward one day to getting his autograph on The Other Side.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:28:06 +0000

Lost my dad to glioblastoma this past July at 63. I was hoping Carter could be one of the small percentage to survive.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:05:57 +0000

My sister a few years ago as well. I understand your third sentence.

By: bobwheel

bobwheel — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:26:38 +0000

I got chills when I read this. I have had the pleasure of meetimg Gary several times. There is a picture of him with my wife and me prominently displayed in my home. He was always the perfect gentleman, and genuinely interested in everyone as a person. God bless him.

By: pisano

pisano — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:18:50 +0000

Sorry, At peace. This news really bothers me, and I’m sure the rest of the people that know and love Gary.

By: jhb64

jhb64 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:38 +0000

This is one of the classiest guys on and off the field

By: fightingwombat

fightingwombat — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:36 +0000

“The Kid” willed his Mets and Expos teams to win, even when it looked like they were out of it…and now to find out that his life may be ending to cancer…I thought I had a bad week (lost my job last Friday)…and now this…

Gary was a hero of mine growing up in Orange County, CA…dude had a fire in his belly even in HS…and now finding out that he’s facing a full count against a nasty form of cancer…

God Bless him and his family…

By: adenzeno

adenzeno — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:41:54 +0000

I loved watching him catch-gave a GREAT target for his pitchers-There is a reason that the Mets’ staff’s in the mid late 80s had great team ERAs. My prayers are with him and his family. LOVED him as a Met!!

By: buffalomafia

buffalomafia — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:23:48 +0000

God bless Gary Carter!

By: vipod4ever

vipod4ever — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:15:43 +0000

oh god, remember going to afternoon games at Jarry Park in the 70′s and seeing this up and coming young catcher. He loved playing in Montreal, and was a key player in the ’86 Mets WS….those memories are always of the Kid…god’s speed.

By: redsfanmaryd

redsfanmaryd — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:04:19 +0000

Playing at the same time as Johnny Bench, I always thought it was a shame he didn’t get the recognition he deserved ( All Star starter… that kind of thing ). Always a gentleman… a real class act. His loved ones will be in my prayers tonight

By: jetsmets76

jetsmets76 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:03:18 +0000

This just sucks. My father past away in March and I remember the day the doctors wanted to stop treatment and we started hospice. It’s an absolutely helpless feeling to just watch your father die like that. I only hope it is peaceful. My heart is very heavy for his family.

Carter was a great player and I grew up wanting to be him. I wanted to be a catcher in little league and wear number 8. I have all of his baseball cards somewhere in the attic. He was Amazing!

By: missthemexpos

missthemexpos — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:57:01 +0000

I knew how many Edmonton Oiler hockey fans felt when Gretzky was traded, because it was the same feeling for myself and many of my fellow Expo fans felt when Gary was traded to the Mets. The Expo’s were so close in 81, so I just had to cheer on Gary and the Mets in 86.

By: bartells42

bartells42 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:25:27 +0000

I grew up in Pittsburgh as a Mets fan. When I was 9 years old my dad pulled me out of 3rd grade class around 11:30 and told me he had a surprise for me. He drove me to Three River Stadium before the start of a Pirates-Mets double header. I couldn’t understand why were sitting in an office area at a baseball stadium but then out of nowhere out walked my childhood hero, Gary Carter. He spent about 30 minutes with me and had an even bigger smile in person than he had on tv. He laughed when my dad showed him my binder containing every baseball card of his ever made. He gave us tickets down by the field and stopped over in between games to talk to my dad and I. To this day I still have his autographed baseball on my shelf and the picture of he and I framed on my wall. That is the happiest memory of my childhood.

Reading this story brings a tear to my eye. I hope Gary knows that he still has fans who are rooting for him.

By: billb09

billb09 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:11:02 +0000

Praying for a miracle for a guy who never quit, god bless the “Kid” # 8 on your scorecard but #1 in our hearts.

By: concernedcitizen001

concernedcitizen001 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:07:43 +0000

This is heartbreaking to hear about one of my childhood idols. Thoughts and prayers are sent to him and the whole family.

By: daspyknows

daspyknows — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:06:06 +0000

Wow, that sucks. Remember him fondly as a Met fan growing up. Why do the good people go down with it. Not to wish bad on anyone but we all could find 10 people more deserving of this.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:05:09 +0000

My eyes welled up reading that. Goddamn, I hate cancer.

He’s too damned young and too damned nice to be going through this…hang in there. I hope he can at least be in as little pain as possible through this ordeal.

By: pisano

pisano — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:04:16 +0000

Correction, “at pease”

By: pisano

pisano — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:03:09 +0000

A great man and a great ball player, I can only hope he’s a peace, God bless him, we should all pray for him.

By: rambodiaz

rambodiaz — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:01:24 +0000

I just… Wow. I have tears in my eyes; I just thought about him the other day and thought the relative silence meant he could be getting better.

Gary, you’ll never read this, but I loved watching you with the Mets in the 80s. You guys beat up on my Pirates a lot, but watching you was great fun. I rooted for you the rest of your career – with the Giants, Dodgers and that last go around with Montreal – which I thought was so cool because I finally got to see you play in an Expos jersey.

Thanks for the joy you brought, man. I’ll not give up hope that you can turn this around, and I wish you nothing but peace and comfort during the journey. Let this stand as my thanks. You were the best, Kid.