In the first game Gary Carter played for the New York Mets, in April of 1985 at dumpy old Shea Stadium near the auto chop-shops of Flushing, N.Y., Carter came to the plate in the bottom of the 10th ...

Gary Carter's death at 57 from a brain tumor hits home for Nationals manager Davey Johnson, who skippered the New York Mets from 1984-90 and had Carter as his catcher from 1985-89. Carter backstopped ...

<br>Gary Carter, then with the Montreal Expos, gets ready to bat during a game against the Chicago Cubs in 1978. Though he became most famous as a Mets catcher, Carter first made his mark in Montreal, ...

(Reuters) - Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, who led the New York Mets to a World Series and was known as "The Kid" for the exuberance he displayed on the field, died on Thursday after battling brain ...

1925 — Cleveland’s Tris Speaker got his 3,000th career hit, off Tom Zachary, in a 2-1 loss to the Washington Senators. 1939 — The first baseball game on television was broadcast by W2XBS, an ...