Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site spuxll.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!spuxll!radio From: radio@spuxll.UUCP (Rick Farina) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Personal vs. Team Glory (Gary Carter) Message-ID: <676@spuxll.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 12:28:13 EDT Article-I.D.: spuxll.676 Posted: Mon Jul 1 12:28:13 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 06:18:08 EDT References: <367@petfe.UUCP>, <693@fisher.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems, South Plainfield NJ Lines: 18 Well, I guess it was inevitable. The Mets hit an inevitable slump, and people start wondering alound about Gary Carter. This is especially remarkable in light of the fact that Carter has been one of the few Mets this season who has consistently produced in a manner befitting a winning professional baseball player. But I guess there have always been the expectations. Expectations unfulfilled at Montreal -- witness the bitter departing remarks by Dawson and Raines (who, I guess, were only along for the ride!). So Hernandez doesn't get along with Carter. Is this Keith's excuse for hitting .250 this year?? Whatever, it is no excuse for the Mets not winning: Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson despised each other, all the way to two World Series Championships. And Carter is producing, Hernandez is not. Even if the Mets never win a pennant with Gary Carter, it is infinitely more entertaining watching him play than any other catcher in baseball right now (including Mike Fitzgerald). And that, friends, is what it's all about.