Baseball hero Joe Carter is the keynote speaker at The Brampton Board of Trade’s Annual General luncheon meeting on October 27 at IL Cavaliere Banquet Hall, 4316 Ebenezer Road Brampton, ON L6P 0R9.
In recent weeks, our CEO Steve Sheils had the pleasure of meeting Joe and learning about his personal commitment towards the charities close to his heart. Through this new friendship, Mr. Carter offered to meet with Brampton Board Members to share his views and experiences of “empowering business off the field”. Mr. Carter’s post Blue Jays career reflects his game-changing approach to creating successful business relationships.
Registration is 11:00, Lunch and keynote speech at noon and the AGM starts at 1:30. Tickets are $65 for members, table of eight $520 and $100 for potential members. A limited number of Premium seats at the head table are available for $300, with a photo op. Title sponsors are TD Commercial Banking and TD Canada Trust, Small Business Banking. Our Silver Sponsor is BDC. Register here or call 905 451 1122.
Joe Carter needs no introduction to Toronto baseball fans. Carter is most famous for hitting a walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Carter first reached the majors in 1983 with the Chicago Cubs, but was then traded to the Cleveland Indians, where he blossomed into a star. Carter emerged as a prolific power hitter, hitting as many as 35 home runs in a season and regularly driving in 100 or more runs. After a strong 1989 season, Carter was traded by Cleveland to the San Diego Padres for prospects Sandy Alomar, Jr., Carlos Baerga, and Chris James. The Padres subsequently dealt him to the Toronto Blue Jays along with Roberto Alomar in exchange for star players Fred McGriff and Tony Fernández.
In 1991, as he helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the division title and hit the game-winning single that clinched the AL East Championship; he also emerged for the first time as a team leader. In 1992, he helped the Jays win their first World Series championship, the first ever won by a Canadian-based team.
In 1993, the Blue Jays reached the World Series again, facing the Philadelphia Phillies. In Game 6, with the Blue Jays leading three games to two, Carter came to bat with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning with the Blue Jays trailing 6–5 and Rickey Henderson and Paul Molitor on base. On a 2–2 count, Carter hit a three-run walk-off home run off Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams (against whom he was 0–4 career) to win the World Series, only the second time a Series has ended with a home run.
Tom Cheek, radio broadcaster for the Blue Jays at the time, then went on to say “Touch ‘em all, Joe! You’ll never hit a bigger home run in your life!”
Carter was named to five All-Star teams. In his career he hit 396 home runs and drove in 1445 runs. He drove in 100 runs in a season ten times, including the 1994 year, which was cut short due to the strike that happened about 144 games into the year.
He left baseball for the broadcast booth in 1999. He has been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Joe Carter Classic Golf Tournament has raised more than $225,000 for the Children’s Aid Foundation. During the Foundation’s 12th Annual Recognition Night, September 15th 2011 in Toronto Joe Carter was the recipient of a special Guardian Award for his outstanding commitment and contribution to the Foundation and children in need across Canada.
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In Trade Talks this month we published an incorrect date for the Mayor’s Annual State of the City address. It is in fact on Tuesday, February 28 and tickets are available here.
