GARY CARTER, BASEBALL LEGEND GONE AT 57!

He was born 'Gary Edmund Carter (nickname "The Kid")' (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) an American Major League Baseball catcher. He was active for 19-years throughout his baseball career and played with the 'Montreal Expos' and the 'New York Mets'.
He was a premier catcher in the American National League, winning three Gold Glove awards and five Silver Slugger awards. In 2003 he was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as an Expo.
In 2005 he was voted Gulf Coast League Manager of the Year in his first season managing the 'Gulf Coast Mets'. A year later, he was promoted to the A-level St. Lucie Mets, and guided his team to the 2006 Florida State League championship, again earning him another 'Manager of the Year' honors. Aside from being diagnosed with tumor, may 2011 he's been criticized, most notably by former co-captain Keith Hernandez, for twice openly campaigning for the Mets' managerial position while it was still occupied by incumbents Art Howe in 2004, and in 2008 Willie Randolph.

And just like in 2003 and 2005, in 2008, he managed the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League, and again guided his team to the GBL Championship and was again named 'Manager of the Year'.

For the following season Carter was named manager of the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The Ducks won the 2009 second half Liberty Division title, however, they were defeated by the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the Liberty Division playoffs.

The next season Carter was named head baseball coach for the NCAA Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University Sailfish.

He is survived by his wife Sandy and 3 kids Christy, Kimmy and DJ.