Gary Carter, 1954-2012

“The Red Sox were leading, 5–3, in the 10th inning of Game 6 at Shea and were one out from winning a World Series for the first time since 1918. The Mets had nobody on base. Carter kept the Mets alive with a single off reliever Calvin Schiraldi, and a pair of singles brought him home. A wild pitch allowed the tying run to score. Then Mookie Wilson hit a grounder that went between the legs of Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, bringing Ray Knight home with the winning run. The Mets won the World Series two nights later.”
 — Gary Edmund Carter, the kid who “touched off the most memorable single-inning rally in the Mets’ history,” died Thursday of brain cancer. Carter was 57.