I met Gary Carter on August 30 1986 I just turn 12 years old I had been a Mets fan since about 3 or 4 years old me and about 100 or 200 kids and their parents got to met him at shea early in the morning before the game it was a Saturday evening game against the Dodgers, the kids got to go on the field and meet other Mets players like Hojo Kevin Mitchell Bill Robinson and John Gibbons. Gary came out later and signed autographs in the picnic area and everyone went crazy we were all over him and he was so nice to everyone and smiling and it got pretty aggressive us crazy NY fans but Gary stay so calm and signed everyone’s autograph. I’m going to be 49 soon and I am a believer in the lord and savior Jesus Christ now, and when I look back at that day now I can see that Gary Carter had the lord Jesus Christ Holy Spirit livening inside of him that day I was 12 years old I I saw something special about him and it wasn’t that he was a great NY Mets player he was shining the light of Jesus Christ that day thank you Gary Carter! Praise the Lord and savior Jesus Christ! ✝️❤️✝️👊🏻
As I watched this video in July 2024, it made me cry. Gary was and has always been my all-time favorite player. It is 2024. Gary has been gone for 12 years, and it is still sad to this day.
This is sad, but beautiful. After watching this, I see Gary as a great role model of fatherhood, love, persistence, and leadership. God bless you Kid ! ❤
I was 8 years old back in 1988. I remember after that season hoping Gary and Keith would have better seasons in 89. When that didn't happen and they weren't resigned, it was probably my first real experience in life where I learned with time we get old and have to move on. Weird how I find this at 2am....
Very moving documentary about The Kid. Gary was my favourite player growing up in Montreal, and along with Tim Raines and Larry Walker will always be my favourite Expo of all-time. I always get choked up when I think of what a great human being Gary was and how someone with so much charisma and life in him ended up passing away far too soon. It was very touching to hear the words of his family and former teammates in this piece. The only thing I take issue with here is Bob Ojeda's comment about him going from Montreal "where no one cared" to New York where "everyone cared". Obviously nothing compares to the media attention that a player receives in New York but to suggest that no one cared in Montreal is both wrong and a great disservice to the Expos fanbase who absolutely adored Carter in the late 70's and early 80's. In fact, all of Canada had "Expos Fever" in those days, and the Expos VASTLY outdrew the Mets in attendance every year from 1977-1983, totalling over 6 MILLION more fans in that span (13.3 million fans to Olympic Stadium vs. 7.1 million fans to Shea in those years). Carter was beloved as much as any other sports figure in Montreal history, and his retired jersey still hangs in the rafters at the Bell Centre where the Montreal Canadiens now play. They even projected his image onto the ice and did a very moving pre-game video tribute to Gary using the Eagles' song "New Kid in Town" when he passed away. On top of that, he has a stadium and a street named after him in Montreal. When he came back to the team in 1992 for his final season he was greeted like a returning hero and showered with love every time up. Check out his last ever at bat on UA-cam and then try to tell me Expos fans didn't care. Expos fans have been kicked in the teeth and disrespected countless times so it doesn't take much to get me going, but yeah, Bob, despite your faulty memory Montrealers cared about Carter (and the Expos) A LOT and always will. I could go on an even longer tangent but this is about Gary Carter, one of the most positive and upbeat people who ever walked the Earth, so I'll try to keep it that way. RIP Kid, with love from Expos fans.
Yeah, I’m not even an expo’s fan and I felt that that was a pretty stupid comment since obviously there were some very passionate Montreal expos fanatics. Such sweeping statements are irresponsible and injurious to loyal rooters. I miss the expos personally. Still think they had one of the coolest logos ever.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
I have seen this so many times, and it still brings me to tears. I was born in Flushing, NY and I was born a New York Mets fan. Gary Carter was my favorite Mets players and until this day remains one of my favorite all time Met player. I wish that Gary Carter's #8 would be the next number that the Mets would consider in retiring. There will never be another 8 like Gary Carter on the Mets.
Like several opponents, l didn't care for Gary Carter; seemed he always hurt the Mets with his bat. However, as Frank Cashen seemed to get players like Foster, Seaver, Hernandez, and Hojo, many Mets fans like me realized the team was in need of catcher to help the improving pitchers. So after a 90 win season in 1984, l got one of my best birthday presents ever when Carter was obtained from the Expos. I said the Mets will add 10 wins in 1985. When he the walk-off HR on opening day, l said "There's one." My prediction turned to be a year off as my Mets won 98, then won 10 more in 1986. Not too many players like Carter who played hard every game. And in the World Series, I predicted that Carter would hit the CITGO sign behing Fenway Park. In Game 4, his 2nd HR came close. Very touching scenes from his family, and moving tributes from his teammates. RIP #8.
I remember watching a Monday Night Football game on 12-10-84, when the announcement was made about the Mets acquisition of Gary Carter from the Expos. Two of the players that the Mets sent to the Expos, Hubie Brooks and Mike Fitzgerald, were good starters, but I could barely contain my excitement at having Gary Carter, a true leader and bonafide star, as the starting catcher for the NY Mets! I remember my mom being a bit lukewarm about the deal since she had viewed Carter as being too pompous and full of himself. Needless to say, it didn't take long for her to realize that she had it all wrong about him; she became a huge fan of Gary Carter, along with the rest of that team. She passed away in November 1995 from a similar type of brain malignancy as Gary did, one month short of 55 yrs of age, far too young, as Gary was. May God rest their souls.
He was one of my favorite players growing up and one of the main guys to help the Mets win the world series in 86,gone but not forgotten RIP Mr.Carter you were the best.❤
The best moment in a baseball game that I've ever witnessed in person! Bottom of the 10th opening day at Big Shea 1985 We were screaming GARY GARY GARY all the way out to the parking lot. I couldn't talk for almost a week after. The reason I was there that day all the way from Albany was Gary Carter. I used to go to Montreal when the Mets played the Expos and Carter would always hurt the Mets, when I heard he was traded to the Mets I flipped out! I recently had the honor to have a conversation with Doc Gooden at a card show near me and I asked Doc about Gary. Doc seemed to get a little misty eyed and said he loved Gary Carter.
We knew at the end of the ‘85 season that the Mets were something special. I believe they lost the pennant by a game or two to the Cardinals. Such a shame that team couldn’t keep it together for a few more years, they could have been a dynasty.
Nice story....I'm sure this means so much to his children..... glad they were a part of it.....I remember that game 6 final at bat against Boston like it was yesterday. He was the first flicker of life around a team that had nothing left. He refused to be the final out and all you had to do was watch that at bat and you could see it. Apparently it rubbed off on the rest of them and more likely there was a Power From Above that intervened to create the greatest rally in world series history.
I tell you this that I witnessed in the Atlanta Peachtree Westin back in 1986 ...I was in the lobby and there was a couple of older ladys standing close by...no reporters ,cameras or anything close ...hardly anyone else there and Gary walked up one of the older women asked him for a hug which he obliged ...she said "Gary I just love that twinkle in your eyes " and as he was hugging her he replied "ma'am its people like you that puts it there ".... He was the real deal
1986 was a heartbreak as a Red Sox fan. But Gary Carter was a great man and a great ball player. He single-handedly turned the tide of that series in game 6. It wasn't Buckner's fault. The Mets won because Carter decided he wasn't going to be the last out that game. The other guys just followed his lead. RIP Kid #8.
@@paleo704 Championships aren't won on errors. They are won on efforts. When Buckner booted the ball, the comeback already happened on three consecutive two-out singles and the wild pitch that brought in the tying run. Giving all the credit to a single error after the lead was lost doesn't tell the whole story. Even still, the way the ball was hit and the way Wilson was running up the line... I think even if Buckner fielded the ball, there's still a good chance Mookie beats him to the base.
I met Gary at their home,in 1966,0ur families drawn together as our mother's dying of" T- cell AGRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA," Inge Carter,Mary MULLIN BOTH with 4 kids both Father's names Jim,both Father's in the Aerospace industry" our mother's shared a room in 1965 at St.Jude hospital in Fullerton California both with all star baseball sons,Gary " class of 1973 Sunny hills h.s, me" Dennis MULLIN class of 1973 LOARA HIGH school Anaheim California.Well,our mother's passed on,a " Virus", Human T- Cell Lymphoma/ Leukemia Virus,that I believe all 4 CARTERS,and our mother's,my sister in 2014 and me,"14" yrs.after put in a hospice given a month to live( T- cell lymphoma), and now down to just days now,and my 2 brothers, it's a given,they(one at least knows) that nobody escapes this!Gary,believe me,had this" Brewing in him as all 2 left after I die this next month,could never escape,this damn cancer,near impossible to diagnose completely incurable ( our mother's my sister myself no treatment ever even offered Gary was slowly developing a cancer in his brain,myself'' if you saw me,you would say," how is he even alive,our inherited cancer affected each of us in different ways.Not our fault.See me& my last 5 yrs.on earth; Dennismull05 on tik tok & leave messages," I gained a knowledge of cancer and happy to help_ adopt a cat( I have 30 you will see!) Bless you my friend GARY!see ya soon too!
Class act. Rest in peace, Captain.
Nobody had more heart than Gary Carter. Nobody.
Dwight Gooden's comments are the most telling. Gary Carter anchored that 86 team.
Gary Carter was my favorite player growing up Love the man . Rest in Peace Kid.
❤
The most important member of the team
The kid broke my heart in 86 beating my sox. But he broke all our hearts when he left us too soon.
Your comment broke me up. Very well said.
Amen.
You are a true baseball fan.
He was no Mike Piazza
@@paleo704Correct. He was Gary Carter. This documentary is not about Mike Piazza. It’s about Gary Carter. Hence the title.
Gary was one of a kind. One of my top 3 favorite Met of all time. RIP Gary.
Had the good fortune to meet him and he was just like you'd think (and hope) he'd be. Thanks for all the good memories, Kid.
I met Gary Carter on August 30 1986 I just turn 12 years old I had been a Mets fan since about 3 or 4 years old me and about 100 or 200 kids and their parents got to met him at shea early in the morning before the game it was a Saturday evening game against the Dodgers, the kids got to go on the field and meet other Mets players like Hojo Kevin Mitchell Bill Robinson and John Gibbons. Gary came out later and signed autographs in the picnic area and everyone went crazy we were all over him and he was so nice to everyone and smiling and it got pretty aggressive us crazy NY fans but Gary stay so calm and signed everyone’s autograph. I’m going to be 49 soon and I am a believer in the lord and savior Jesus Christ now, and when I look back at that day now I can see that Gary Carter had the lord Jesus Christ Holy Spirit livening inside of him that day I was 12 years old I I saw something special about him and it wasn’t that he was a great NY Mets player he was shining the light of Jesus Christ that day thank you Gary Carter! Praise the Lord and savior Jesus Christ! ✝️❤️✝️👊🏻
This is a great story about The Kid. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, That was beautiful. I wish I was there.
Wow that’s amazing story …
An Astros fan here. HATED Gary and all those 86 Mets.
But daamn!- he was a helluva man, helluva player. And this was beautiful.
Thank you 🙏
Bro, we had the greatest 7 game series ever back in 86. To this day those 14 innings are the greatest game I've ever seen.
As I watched this video in July 2024, it made me cry. Gary was and has always been my all-time favorite player. It is 2024. Gary has been gone for 12 years, and it is still sad to this day.
This is sad, but beautiful. After watching this, I see Gary as a great role model of fatherhood, love, persistence, and leadership. God bless you Kid ! ❤
I agree. I wish he didn’t have to suffer in the end. Sometimes life is unfair.
I was 8 years old back in 1988. I remember after that season hoping Gary and Keith would have better seasons in 89. When that didn't happen and they weren't resigned, it was probably my first real experience in life where I learned with time we get old and have to move on. Weird how I find this at 2am....
It was honor to meet him twice in person and I will always remember stories we share #Kid
A true HOFer and ambassador for the game of baseball.
Love U, Kid.
Wish you were here.
I was heartbroken when he passed away. He was one of the good ones.
Very moving documentary about The Kid. Gary was my favourite player growing up in Montreal, and along with Tim Raines and Larry Walker will always be my favourite Expo of all-time. I always get choked up when I think of what a great human being Gary was and how someone with so much charisma and life in him ended up passing away far too soon. It was very touching to hear the words of his family and former teammates in this piece.
The only thing I take issue with here is Bob Ojeda's comment about him going from Montreal "where no one cared" to New York where "everyone cared". Obviously nothing compares to the media attention that a player receives in New York but to suggest that no one cared in Montreal is both wrong and a great disservice to the Expos fanbase who absolutely adored Carter in the late 70's and early 80's.
In fact, all of Canada had "Expos Fever" in those days, and the Expos VASTLY outdrew the Mets in attendance every year from 1977-1983, totalling over 6 MILLION more fans in that span (13.3 million fans to Olympic Stadium vs. 7.1 million fans to Shea in those years). Carter was beloved as much as any other sports figure in Montreal history, and his retired jersey still hangs in the rafters at the Bell Centre where the Montreal Canadiens now play. They even projected his image onto the ice and did a very moving pre-game video tribute to Gary using the Eagles' song "New Kid in Town" when he passed away. On top of that, he has a stadium and a street named after him in Montreal. When he came back to the team in 1992 for his final season he was greeted like a returning hero and showered with love every time up. Check out his last ever at bat on UA-cam and then try to tell me Expos fans didn't care.
Expos fans have been kicked in the teeth and disrespected countless times so it doesn't take much to get me going, but yeah, Bob, despite your faulty memory Montrealers cared about Carter (and the Expos) A LOT and always will. I could go on an even longer tangent but this is about Gary Carter, one of the most positive and upbeat people who ever walked the Earth, so I'll try to keep it that way. RIP Kid, with love from Expos fans.
Can’t disagree! I hope Montreal gets considered for expansion. They hold so much baseball history.
Yeah, I’m not even an expo’s fan and I felt that that was a pretty stupid comment since obviously there were some very passionate Montreal expos fanatics. Such sweeping statements are irresponsible and injurious to loyal rooters. I miss the expos personally. Still think they had one of the coolest logos ever.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
Mark--- Very well said. Your words are read by this Mets fan, but baseball historian FIRST. Gary Carter helped the Mets immensely, but will always be an Expo in my mind.
I have seen this so many times, and it still brings me to tears. I was born in Flushing, NY and I was born a New York Mets fan. Gary Carter was my favorite Mets players and until this day remains one of my favorite all time Met player.
I wish that Gary Carter's #8 would be the next number that the Mets would consider in retiring. There will never be another 8 like Gary Carter on the Mets.
I have a feeling Gary will be next after Darryl, in a season or two.
@@metsclassics I truly hope so.
Garys carters game winning hit against the astros in game 5 in the 86 nlcs was most memorable
The very very best are ultra competitive...plus a great family man..what a guy!!!!
Like several opponents, l didn't care for Gary Carter; seemed he always hurt the Mets with his bat. However, as Frank Cashen seemed to get players like Foster, Seaver, Hernandez, and Hojo, many Mets fans like me realized the team
was in need of catcher to help the improving pitchers. So after a 90 win season in 1984, l got one of my best birthday presents ever when Carter was obtained from the Expos. I said the Mets will add 10 wins in 1985. When he the walk-off HR on opening day, l said "There's one." My prediction turned to be a year off as my Mets won 98, then won 10 more in 1986. Not too many players like Carter who played hard every game. And in the World Series, I predicted that Carter would hit the CITGO sign behing Fenway Park. In Game 4, his 2nd HR came close. Very touching scenes from his family, and moving tributes from his teammates. RIP #8.
Now THAT man was a great human being!!!!
I remember watching a Monday Night Football game on 12-10-84, when the announcement was made about the Mets acquisition of Gary Carter from the Expos. Two of the players that the Mets sent to the Expos, Hubie Brooks and Mike Fitzgerald, were good starters, but I could barely contain my excitement at having Gary Carter, a true leader and bonafide star, as the starting catcher for the NY Mets! I remember my mom being a bit lukewarm about the deal since she had viewed Carter as being too pompous and full of himself. Needless to say, it didn't take long for her to realize that she had it all wrong about him; she became a huge fan of Gary Carter, along with the rest of that team. She passed away in November 1995 from a similar type of brain malignancy as Gary did, one month short of 55 yrs of age, far too young, as Gary was. May God rest their souls.
He was one of my favorite players growing up and one of the main guys to help the Mets win the world series in 86,gone but not forgotten RIP Mr.Carter you were the best.❤
We lose guys like this way too early.
Guys like Barry Bonds will live to be 95.
The world isn't fair.
No, but God is, and he knows.
No u mean guys like Donald Trump
@@brianjohnson2725
Why not both?
Gary Carter will always be the quintessential catcher to me. What an incredible player and an even better person. Christ is Lord.
The best moment in a baseball game that I've ever witnessed in person! Bottom of the 10th opening day at Big Shea 1985 We were screaming GARY GARY GARY all the way out to the parking lot. I couldn't talk for almost a week after. The reason I was there that day all the way from Albany was Gary Carter. I used to go to Montreal when the Mets played the Expos and Carter would always hurt the Mets, when I heard he was traded to the Mets I flipped out! I recently had the honor to have a conversation with Doc Gooden at a card show near me and I asked Doc about Gary. Doc seemed to get a little misty eyed and said he loved Gary Carter.
Awesome, Ed! What a game to have attended. Definitely jealous!
Fucking love the kid man even as an avid dodger fan. This is a guy that I absolutely loved.
first comment , LGMMMM !!! Love the kid....
My first favorite player. RIP Kid 🙏🧡💙
We knew at the end of the ‘85 season that the Mets were something special. I believe they lost the pennant by a game or two to the Cardinals. Such a shame that team couldn’t keep it together for a few more years, they could have been a dynasty.
Nice story....I'm sure this means so much to his children..... glad they were a part of it.....I remember that game 6 final at bat against Boston like it was yesterday. He was the first flicker of life around a team that had nothing left. He refused to be the final out and all you had to do was watch that at bat and you could see it. Apparently it rubbed off on the rest of them and more likely there was a Power From Above that intervened to create the greatest rally in world series history.
What I love about this video is if you look at the comments you won’t see a single negative one. Unheard of nowadays. Kid was the greatest.
I tell you this that I witnessed in the Atlanta Peachtree Westin back in 1986 ...I was in the lobby and there was a couple of older ladys standing close by...no reporters ,cameras or anything close ...hardly anyone else there and Gary walked up one of the older women asked him for a hug which he obliged ...she said "Gary I just love that twinkle in your eyes " and as he was hugging her he replied "ma'am its people like you that puts it there ".... He was the real deal
Love this. Gary was the greatest.
1986 was a heartbreak as a Red Sox fan. But Gary Carter was a great man and a great ball player. He single-handedly turned the tide of that series in game 6. It wasn't Buckner's fault. The Mets won because Carter decided he wasn't going to be the last out that game. The other guys just followed his lead. RIP Kid #8.
Of course it was Buckners fault. The ball went through his legs on a routine ground out.
@@paleo704 Championships aren't won on errors. They are won on efforts. When Buckner booted the ball, the comeback already happened on three consecutive two-out singles and the wild pitch that brought in the tying run. Giving all the credit to a single error after the lead was lost doesn't tell the whole story. Even still, the way the ball was hit and the way Wilson was running up the line... I think even if Buckner fielded the ball, there's still a good chance Mookie beats him to the base.
great documentary
57 so young he could of lived another 30 years
Damn this really choked me up
I miss him Always will' a Winner with a HearT'
Good man. Gone too soon. RIP Gary Carter!
💙#8
When i was a kid if you said name a catcher any kid wouldve said GARY CARTER
Garry put the expos on the map in mlb
do you have simply amazin, the story of the 1986 mets?
Here you go, Yaniv! ua-cam.com/video/B7dqRoFEBwc/v-deo.html
Carter most hrs by a visiting player at the vet in philly
I met Gary at their home,in 1966,0ur families drawn together as our mother's dying of" T- cell AGRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA," Inge Carter,Mary MULLIN BOTH with 4 kids both Father's names Jim,both Father's in the Aerospace industry" our mother's shared a room in 1965 at St.Jude hospital in Fullerton California both with all star baseball sons,Gary " class of 1973 Sunny hills h.s, me" Dennis MULLIN class of 1973 LOARA HIGH school Anaheim California.Well,our mother's passed on,a " Virus", Human T- Cell Lymphoma/ Leukemia Virus,that I believe all 4 CARTERS,and our mother's,my sister in 2014 and me,"14" yrs.after put in a hospice given a month to live( T- cell lymphoma), and now down to just days now,and my 2 brothers, it's a given,they(one at least knows) that nobody escapes this!Gary,believe me,had this" Brewing in him as all 2 left after I die this next month,could never escape,this damn cancer,near impossible to diagnose completely incurable ( our mother's my sister myself no treatment ever even offered Gary was slowly developing a cancer in his brain,myself'' if you saw me,you would say," how is he even alive,our inherited cancer affected each of us in different ways.Not our fault.See me& my last 5 yrs.on earth; Dennismull05 on tik tok & leave messages," I gained a knowledge of cancer and happy to help_ adopt a cat( I have 30 you will see!) Bless you my friend GARY!see ya soon too!
Kid #8! Just curious but what year was this first shown? Much appreciated 🙏
It was first aired in 2018.
@@metsclassics Thank you. I enjoy keeping track of the years these first aired 👍
Gary Cater will always be a Expos
Mets saying mike Scott cheats while mets takes greenies during every game. Pot meet kettle.
Im pretty sure doctoring a baseball is way different than making your body feel a certain way
Kerfeld was pointing at his catcher, not Carter knock it off, stop trying create controversy