Newark Star-Ledger
Opening Day is less than two months away. And following six weeks of spring training, you’re going to hear all the game’s poets waxing about hope and new beginnings.
It’s the smell of the grass, the pop-gun sound of a dozen games of catch going on simultaneously, the taste of a hot dog. It’s the smiles on children’s faces. All those things.
It’s a part of who we are. And the Kid was not going to miss it.
But for Gary Carter, forever remembered as “Kid” around here, the poetry had to be rewritten this year. It’s no less beautiful. No less inspirational. Just different.
For starters, Opening Day for Carter was last Thursday in Jupiter, Fla. It was a game between his boys, the Sailfish of Palm Beach...
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Doug Melvin doesn't begrudge Prince Fielder's $214 million deal with the Tigers; in fact, he celebrates it. "Prince missed 13 games in six years for the Brewers," says the Milwaukee general manager. "He always worked hard, he... more »
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