"It was a career identified with excesses--be it a year on the DL followed soon after by one of the better of any post-WWII seasons. The first clue to the largess of Rico was when he signed his first Norte Americano contract--and signed, and signed and... by the time he dropped the pen, the naif had signed with 10 different clubs! Fortunately for the Braves, they were the first and he was awarded to them. As soon as he started making decent money, he gained a well-deserved reputation as a clothes hound. It was not unusual from Carty to exit a store with a half dozen suits, 20 dress shirts and 20 pairs of shoes. He also played baseball year round. Like so many Latin players then and now, he felt he owed it to the fans back home to display his wares in winter ball." - The Diamond Angle