The Carter of 57 years said he expects to learn more about his diagnosis, when it is examined again Thursday at the Duke Medical Center.
"My wife, Sandy, and our children and the family I thank you for your thoughts and prayers," Carter said in a statement published Saturday by the Mets in New York and the baseball Hall of. "" "". We ask that you please respect our privacy that learn us more about my state of health. ?
The statement did not say if the tumors are malignant or benign.
Friends and former teammates are is stunned when they learned the news.
"The last time that I saw him a few months ago, he looked well." "It was Gary," said Mets first base coach Mookie Wilson, teammate Carter in the 1980's. "He seemed to himself." There is no indication anything was wrong.
"What is the situation may be, of course I wish him well." And I hope that things turn out for the better. ?
Lee Mazzilli, another teammate on the 1986 Mets went to Yankee Stadium when his wife called with the news about Carter. He said he plans to arrive to Carter and his family when the time came.
"You hope that it is not what you think is the case," said Mazzilli, who works in corporate sales and sponsorship for the Yankees. "It breaks your heart." "But I think that if someone is an optimist, he is a".
Broadcaster Fox Tim McCarver, a Mets announcer in the 1980s, said he had immediately thought smile bright Carter.
"The smile ear which has only Gary." And of course a smile is very important at a time like this, McCarver. "I think everyone is in this mode to wait and see.". ... "But certainly he held our thoughts since we heard the news."
McCarver was preparing to broadcast the game between the Mets and the Yankees subway series at Yankee Stadium.
"It is difficult to go on the air without thinking about its subject and being reminded once more how the game is that you need to move away from the toil of life", he said.
Carter has struck. 262 with 324 Homer and 1 225 points produced in 19 seasons in the majors. 11 Time All - Star Game played his last game with the Montreal Expos in 1992 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003.
"I am shocked the new." It gives us a sense of our mortality. "Gary was a great teammate and naturally my prayers are with him and his family", Keith Hernandez said in a statement released by the Mets.
The effervescent Carter, nicknamed "Kid," is perhaps best known for having helped the Mets win the 1986 World Series. He had 24 Homer and 105 points products this year, and then drove in 11 runs in the playoffs.
"The Mets organization, our thoughts and our prayers are with Gary, Sandy and the Carter family," said Jeff Wilpon, Chief of operations of the club."
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