MLB#sidelines: Remembering Gary Carter

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The baseball world has lost a legend.

From 1974-1992, fans in Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and across Major League Baseball got to enjoy the Hall of Fame hitting, premier catching and contagious personality of Gary Carter.

But the first player enshrined in Cooperstown as an Expo lost his battle with cancer on Thursday.

Here is what the baseball world had to say on Twitter as they mourned the loss of a friend, teammate and hero:

@DocGooden16 (Dwight "Doc" Gooden - Retired New York Mets' pitcher)
My batterymate,my friend,Iam so blessed to have played with & can call Gary my friend he meant a lot to me on & off the field with the way

@DocGooden16
he battled his fight to the end gives me alot of strength & faith to battle mine, we will always be connected at the hip RIP my brother.....

@jparencibia9 (Toronto Blue Jays)
RIP Gary Carter.. One of the best to ever play the position! What stands out the most is how they say he was a better person! #WhatItsAbout

@UpstateBaller (Casper Wells - Seattle Mariners)
God bless the friends and family of Gary Carter. He played the game with that joy and love which every player aspires to have. Rest in peace

@HeathBell21 (Miami Marlins)
Prayers going out to the family of Gary Carter. Great man, amazing ball player. Honored to have been coached by him back in the minors. RIP

@JustinVerlander (Detroit Tigers)
Was a big Carter fan growing up. He was a great player and from what I hear...an amazing person. will be missed #legend

@Evan3Longoria (Tampa Bay Rays)
My thought and prayers go out to the family and friends of Gary Carter. Baseball lost a great player and person.

@TommyLasorda (Hall of Fame LA Dodgers' manager)
Rest in peace Gary Carter. Gary played for me and was a Hall of Famer on and off the field. I respected and loved him.

@TommyLasorda
I love this picture of me and Gary bit.ly/xwsbMo

@PhilHughes65 (New York Yankees)
What an honor it was to meet Gary Carter as my manager at the futures game. One of the best. Prayers to his family.

@carlosdelgado21 (Retired Toronto Blue Jays' first baseman)
Baseball lost a great one. Gary Carter RIP

@robdibble49 (Former Cincinnati Reds' pitcher)
My deepest sympathies to The Gary Carter Family. I looked forward to the battles on the field, but I loved to the talks we had off.

@robdibble49
Heaven is a better place now, and we will miss you on Earth. My thoughts and prayers are with your Family. Goodbye Gary Carter. GBMF

@LoMoMarlins (Logan Morrison - Miami Marlins)
RIP Gary Carter. One of the toughest catchers of all-time...

@russellmartin55 (New York Yankees)
R.I.P Gary Carter @Montreal_Expos

@D_Train35 (Dontrelle Willis - Philadelphia Phillies)
R.I.P Gary Carter . A great man and professional. He will be missed #garycarter

@redturn2 (Justin Turner - New York Mets)
Wow just heard about #thekid RIP Gary Carter! You will forever be etched into the hearts of Baseball fans around the world! #8

@JGuthrie46 (Jeremy Guthrie - Colorado Rockies)
My favorite team growing up was the NY Mets & I was always a fan of Gary Carter. Thoughts & prayers w/his family & friends. RIP

@BarryEnright54 (Arizona Diamondbacks)
R.I.P Gary Carter. He will be missed. A true loss to the Baseball family & to anyone that got a chance to know him #MLB

@mcuddy3 (Michael Cuddyer - Colorado Rockies)
Hearing Darryl Strawberry talk about Gary Carter really makes you want to be a better person! #RIPgarycarter

@PatNeshek (Baltimore Orioles)
RIP to HOFer Gary Carter. A great man that left us early.

@paul_maholm  (Chicago Cubs)
RIP Gary Carter. Prayers go out to his family and friends.

@DRob30 (David Robertson - New York Yankees)
So sad to hear of the passing of the Kid, Gary Carter.

@mattholliday7 (St. Louis Cardinals)
Sorry to hear about Gary Carter. Prayers to his family.

@hanrahan52 (Joel Hanrahan - Pittsburgh Pirates)
R.I.P. Gary Carter! Thoughts and prayers to his family.

@PeterBotte (Reporter)
Darryl Strawberry: "I wish I could have lived my life like Gary Carter...He was a true man."


Comments from others around the sports world:

@SteveWebb20 (Retired NHL player)
Had a Gary Carter catchers Mitt growing up. Love to mimic him on the field and at the plate. #8

@ctherien6 (Chris Therien - Retired NHL player)
Gary Carter died today. Greatest Expo ever to play. Won WS with 86 Mets!

@chibbs_1 (Kenny Anderson - Retired NBA player)
Wow Gary Carter die grew up right around shea studiam I remember the 1985 met team who won it all! R.I.P !

@jayfeely (NFL - Arizona Cardinals)
Truly sad to hear my friend Gary Carter passed away. Enjoyed his stories and playing golf together at Honda classic last 2 years

@EnricoCiccone (Retired NHL player)
RIP Gary Carter. #theoneandonly

@PAParenteau (NHL - New York Islanders)
Very sad news about Gary Carter! Quel triste nouvelle #bestexposever

@PanthersYormark (Michael Yorkmark - President & COO, Florida Panthers)
worked with gary carter when he called marlins games on wbfs 33. Great guy. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

@GeorgesLaraque (Retired NHL player)
My sincere condolences for the Gary Carter family, we lost a warrior! Mes condoleances a la famille de Gary Carter,on a perdu un guerrier!

@GeorgesLaraque
To many great people dying way too soon, it remind us all how precious life is, enjoy it to the fullest, we only live once!

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