the SHOW Monthly....R.I.P. BACKSTOP Gary CARTER...EXPOS ALL-STAR...AMAZINS' World Series Catcher in '86...and 2003 BASEBALL HOF Inductee

The EXPOS greatest catcher....the AMAZINS' World Series Catcher....went into COOPERSTOWN in 2003 with the GREAT Eddie MURRAY. Inducted into the METS HOF as well as the CANADIAN Baseball HOF. You get it right.

Gary EDMUND CARTER passed this past week due to his fight with BRAIN CANCER at the young age of 57. Known as a TEAM LEADER and a great example for the young guys coming up CARTER was a Professionals Professional.

He teamed up early in his MLB Career with the likes of Andre the HAWK DAWSON and Tim ROCK RAINES with those great MONTREAL EXPOS TEAMS. Carter played for the EXPOS all the way up to 1984 for about 10 years then joined the NY METROPOLITANS and 2 years after joining them he helped bring a WORLD SERIES Home for the AMAZINS'.

The METS that year were absolutely loaded with guys like DOC GOODEN, Darryl STRAWberry, Captain KEITH Hernandez, SID Fernandez, LENNY Dykstra, WALLY Backman, MOOKIE Wilson, RON Darling, ROGER McDowell, KEVIN Mitchell, RAY Knight, JESSE Ojeda, and the SKIPPER Davey JOHNSON among others. One of the BLUEDUDE's Favorite MLB TEAMS the 1986 AMAZINS'.

A Career .262 avg. with 324 BOMBS and 1,225 KNOCKED In.....CARTER was even better defensively with 3 GOLD GLOVES. A 11-Time All-STAR and in RARE Company with 2 ALL-STAR GAME MVP's in 1981 and 1984. The EXPOS Retired GARY'S #8 and he was the COach at Palm Beach FLORIDA ATLANTIC University a Division II School before he passed. A Philanthropist who gave a lot of his time to ELEMENTARY School Kids for learning initiatives through his foundation...the CARTER Foundation.

The KID battled all the way to the END and that's how it was on the DIAMOND.