Gary Carter diagnosed with small tumors on his brain

[metirish]

G-Fafif wrote: Never in his brief few minutes with the team did the grin leave his face. Gosh darn, that's the stuff.

wow, great story, way to go Kid.

the pictures of him are unrecognizable , cancer is a bastard.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I thought maybe I should give folks fair warning on that. In his case, I imagine it's the cure as much as the disease, and he's roided to the gills.

[Edgy MD]

And, somehow, his team pulled off the walkoff victory.

[Guest themetfairy]

He's probably on steroids as part of his treatment, which can cause pretty horrible physical changes.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I didn't recognize him either. That's a heart-breaking story.

[ashie62]

themetfairy wrote: He's probably on steroids as part of his treatment, which can cause pretty horrible physical changes.

A common cancer addon a dexamethasone. 10x stronger than prednisone

[Guest attgig]

RIP Gary Carter

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dammit.

[stevejrogers]

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[Edgy MD]

Mets at batting practice. And, well, this is what I'm talking about. Or what I should be talking about. Good show, Mets.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

So I guess the unveiling of the sign in LF means 8 won't be retired.

FUFW.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, let's Fuck Up Fort Worth!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: Yeah, let's Fuck Up Fort Worth!

Tornadoes got that covered a couple of days ago.

[Edgy MD]

Um, yeah, let's Fuck Up Funky Winkerbean! Yeah!

[Valadius]

Very appropriate, but they still should retire his number already.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Maybe after Jerry Koosman and Jerry Grote get their numbers retired.

But not Jerry Cram. Or Jerry May.

[Edgy MD]

And that is, and always shall be, the problem. Howard Johnson had twice the Mets career that Carter had. You want to advocate for his number retirement, that's fine, but there are plenty of issues involved. Let's not take a solemn occasion to bring the fuck-you hammer down on the other side.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I didn't realize that I was wielding a fuck you hammer. So let me apologize before this degenerates into another monthly and nasty personal attack against me on account of me expressing an unpopular but eminently logical opinion. Funny thing, because I thought that it was the posters I was responding to that were swinging fuck you hammers. What? They don't want the Mets to retire 36? Why not? And why shouldn't I be offended by that? After Carter, I guess the Mets should retire Dennis Bennett's number too.

[Edgy MD]

I wasn't speaking of your hammer at all. You wielded no such tool in your post. Maybe a Jerry sieve, but that's it.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I didn't realize that I was wielding a fuck you hammer. So let me apologize before this degenerates into another monthly and nasty personal attack against me on account of me expressing an unpopular but eminently logical opinion. Funny thing, because I thought that it was the posters I was responding to that were swinging fuck you hammers. What? They don't want the Mets to retire 36? Why not? And why shouldn't I be offended by that? After Carter, I guess the Mets should retire Dennis Bennett's number too.

Uh, it was Second Spitter who said FU to Fred Wilpon. Edgy was addressing him.

[batmagadanleadoff]

You don't think I knew that?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: You don't think I knew that?

Just trying to play peacemaker. It's my natural inclination.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: You don't think I knew that? Just trying to play peacemaker. It's my natural inclination.

Actually, I didn't. I grossly misinterpreted that exchange. How embarraskin. But I'm leaving my post up there as a preemptive strike should anyone now really accuse me of swinging the FU hammer.

[batmagadanleadoff]

This is why I usually quote the post I'm responding to. It often clarifies the exchange. I remember a discussion here a few weeks ago where someone, under some circumstances, was against quoting the post being responded to. I disagreed, buy stayed out of that discussion.

[Edgy MD]

Well, I'm sorry if I was being unclear.

The posty-quotey thing (it was I who introduced the subject) was in response to Ceetar, who had quoted the post he was responding to, like 18 times in 20 posts, despite him almost invariably responding to the post immediately preceding his. It just, to me, interrupts the flow, to have everything repeated pointlessly. But clarity is king to me. If it aids clarity, go to it. I'm in the minority and it's all good.