The Kid

Late yesterday afternoon came word that HOF Catcher, Gary Carter, aka The Kid passed away after a bout with brain cancer. For Mets fans, especially those who were around in the 80's, he was a special player who really went about everything the right way, on the field and off. He was the spark in game 6 of the '86 series.

To quote:
"I was our last hope," he wrote, "and as I took my place and looked out at Schiraldi, all sounds shrank back, and I felt a presence in me, or perhaps besides me, a calming certainty that I wasn't alone. I was not alone, and I was not, so help me, going to make the last out of the World Series. I felt certain of that."
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/tom_verducci/02/16/gary.carter.obit/index.html#ixzz1mf9Yu3FO

I'll never forget it. RIP.