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Published on: 11/14/2007
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Larry Carter will serve as the Naturals pitching coach in 2008.He will be entering his seventh season as the pitching coach for the Royals' Double-A team after spending the past six seasons with the Wichita Wranglers.Carter, 42, will spend his 11th season in the Royals organization.He served as the pitching coach at Wilmington (A) in 2000 and 2001, Charleston (Class-A) in 1999 and Lansing (Class-A) in 1998.Carter also served as a pitching coach in the independent Texas-Louisiana League from 1994-97 for the Tyler Wildcatters.He was originally selected in the 10th round of the 1986 June Free Agent Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals.He played in the Cardinals system for 2 years before joining the San Francisco Giants organization and was named to the Texas League All-Star team in 1991.He appeared in six games at the Major League level with the 1992 Giants and was 1-5 with a 4.64 ERA.Larry resides in Corinth, Tex., with his wife, Jennifer, and their son, Matthew.