Why they traded him to the Reds is a mystery.
A contract dispute with the owner.
Really bad Mets management.
Yep, coaches get fired the minute the team drops below .500 but nobody in the front office gets fired for screwing up something like this.
Somebody presented me with box seat tickets to the first game Seaver pitched against the Mets after being traded to the Reds ...Reds won . Seaver finished his career with around a 2.8 E.R.A. In an ESPN poll, Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Don Sutton and Bert Blyleven called Seaver the finest pitcher of their generation.