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Rest in Peace Tom Seaver

Great write-up from the Courant. Dementia seemed to be tied to Lyme disease originally contracted when he lived in Greenwich CT. Overcame a lot of adversity.


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Tom Seaver, the greatest Met of all time, dies at 75

The long goodbye has ended. The Mets’ “Franchise” is gone. Tom Seaver, the greatest of all Mets who dropped out of public life in March of 2019 after being diagnosed with dementia…
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What a great way to celebrate my 8th birthday, my childhood hero, "The Franchise," the guy I wanted to be, threw a masterpiece

Retrosheet Boxscore: New York Mets 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

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I was also lucky (and smart) enough to have seen this and save the memory, RIP Tom Terrific

Seaver 300th win CHW 4 NYY 1.jpg
 
gtcam said:
Cubbies is my favorite team and I also went to Shea that 1969 year to see the Mets and Cubs play
It was a day game in July - Seaver vs Holtzman and Cubbies lost 4-0 they couldn't touch Seaver that day
He was a terrific pitcher - Tom Terrific
I hate the Mets!!!!
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They were loaded. Banks, Williams, Santo, Kessinger, Jenkins, Hotzman, Bill Hands, etc, etc.
 
Madmannsucks said:
They were loaded. Banks, Williams, Santo, Kessinger, Jenkins, Hotzman, Bill Hands, etc, etc.
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What an infield including catcher all-stars all.
Sorry for the digression Tom.You faced so many memorible players near the end of the golden age.
 
My father bought me his book “the art of pitching “ many many years ago. Good read for any baseball fan.
 
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All the stats that are being thrown around, here's the Seaver one that stands out the most for me. 171 complete games in 395 career starts for the Mets. Syndergaard led the Mets with 2 complete games in 2019
 
RIP Tom Terrific.

Somewhere, someplace I have a 1970 yearbook of the 1969 Mets . . . but I cannot find it.
 
SoFla Steve said:
RIP Tom Terrific.

Somewhere, someplace I have a 1970 yearbook of the 1969 Mets . . . but I cannot find it.
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My Mom might have come over and thrown it out. Lord knows that's what she did with the my old baseball memorabilia once I left for college.
 
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I saw Tom Terrific when he was with Cincinnati at the AstroDome vs JR Richard in a classic pitcher's duel in the early 80s. They both went the distance and the only run scored was from a monster Home Run hit by George Foster in the top of the 9th inning! I also saw Tommy pitch a couple of games at She during the '69 Miracle Season! May he rest in peace
 
alphasigko said:
I saw Tom Terrific when he was with Cincinnati at the AstroDome vs JR Richard in a classic pitcher's duel in the early 80s. They both went the distance and the only run scored was from a monster Home Run hit by George Foster in the top of the 9th inning! I also saw Tommy pitch a couple of games at She during the '69 Miracle Season! May he rest in peace
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JR was such a "what cold have been" story. He had great stuff too. Love the George Foster reference. Always like George and Dave Parker. Bat seemed like it was a whip in George's hands.
 
Saw him pitch for the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. It was the NBC Game of the Week. Bizarre game. Jim Rice ran into the left field stands after somebody. He got 15-20 rows deep, September call-up Lashell Tarver ran into the stands with a baseball bat. After that settled down, a fan came out of the stands between innings and tried to rip padding off the wall, I kid you not. The yankee public address system kept on playing "highway to the danger zone" while seaver was taking signs, from I think Marc Sullivan...who struck out 4 times on 12 pitches.
 
Only vaguely remember him as a player on the Red Sox but my dad, when teaching me to pitch, said to try and drop and drive like Seaver. I was always amazed at the dirty knee. Ridiculous mechanics. Later, as a Yankee fan, I always thought he was fantastic as the straight man of sorts to Rizzuto. Seemed like a really good guy and listening to Met fans calling up WFAN and crying, an absolute icon for that franchise.
 
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boog204 said:
Only vaguely remember him as a player on the Red Sox but my dad, when teaching me to pitch, said to try and drop and drive like Seaver.
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That's funny. Seaver was always the model my dad used too, when I was trying to throw my arm out of its socket.
 
How are the Mets playing the Yankees right now without wearing some sort of black band on their sleeve? The Yankees don't take the field without one after the passing of a legend.
 
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Deepster said:
That's a cool tribute. I really like this group of players. I mean, aside from the bullpen that's going to eventually kill me, they're good guys. Conforto, Rosario, McNeil, Davis, Nimmo and let's just put a C on Alonso's jersey right now.
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I agree... I'm always going to be a Yankee fan, but I do root for the Mets, as well. With a new owner, hopefully a new GM and manager, there's no reason with their young nucleus and some $$ that they cannot be a really good team.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Wow. Tom Terrific.

Had a 15 year period where he had no-hitter stuff almost every game.
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The Met announcers Gary, Keith and Ron were talking about Tom and showed an absolutley insane stat where he gave up 1 or fewer runs in 105 starts and his record was 90-3 with 12 no decisions. Not completely sure if thats what it was but a record of 90-3 is absolutely insane!!!
 
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