Brain cancer didn’t keep Gary Carter from Opening Day.
Carter, the head coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida, made it to his team’s first game Thursday night, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The paper reported that the 57-year-old Hall of Famer, who was diagnosed with brain cancer last May and whose condition has worsened in recent weeks, talked to his players and told them, "Let's get a win tonight," before Palm Beach Atlantic defeated Lynn University, 3-2.
“He wanted to be here for his guys, here for opening day,” Carter’s daughter Kimmy Bloemers told the paper. “It’s a great day.”
Carter watched the game from a private booth in the press box for three innings.
MIKE PUMA Mike Puma became Mets beat writer for The Post in February 2010 after three years as a general assignment baseball reporter. The Fordham alumnus began covering Major League Baseball, concentrating on the Yankees and Mets, in 1998 as a reporter and columnist for the Connecticut Post. He has covered nine World Series and holds a Hall of Fame vote.
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