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Still a Kid at Heart: My Life in Baseball and Beyond

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I grew up a Mets fan and a big Gary Carter fan so when I saw this book I was really looking forward to reading it. The first section on his life in baseball was pretty good, but he went into very little detail and I felt moved through his playing career, other than 1986, way too quickly. Then the second section of the book came. The chapter about his election into the Hall of Fame was pretty good and when he talked about his seasons as a manager in the Mets organization was good, but the rest of the second section felt like a resume for why he should get another managing job. Overall it was a pretty good book, a quick read, but I just felt cheated a little when a large part of it was more about why he was qualified to be a major league manager as opposed to talking about the amazing life he's had.

He's a great guy and he writes about his life with a genuine hope of sharing it all with the reader.
Had the pleasure of meeting him last year, he is just as nice in person.

As other reviews I have seen regarding this book, I agree that Mr. Carter spent too little time discussing his great career. Almost the entire last 100 pages read like a resume of why he would make a good major league manager. Gary Carter was one of my favorite players, but I can't believe he is bold enough to see why he didn't get a shot to manage the Mets. Looks like he made the Mets mad the year they wanted him to advance as the manager of their single A team to their double AA team. Instead of going to Alabama to manage, he told them he wanted to stay near his home in Florida and continue managing their single A team. Mr. Carter comes across as a good guy in this book, but possibly a little arrogant in his opinion regarding how good of a major league manager he could be. This book was alright, but not what I was hoping he would write about.