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Tom Seaver, the greatest Met of all time, dies at 75
New York Daily News ^ | Sep 2 2020 | BILL MADDEN

Posted on 09/02/2020 5:33:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers

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 died early Monday. Accoring to family sources, Seaver, 75, died peacefully at his home in Calistoga, Calif., from complications from Lyme disease and dementia.

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41 posted on 09/02/2020 6:11:37 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: grey_whiskers

Back when baseball was baseball.

RIP.

42 posted on 09/02/2020 6:12:13 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: dfwgator
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Badeball, been berry berry good to me.

43 posted on 09/02/2020 6:14:07 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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Tom Seaver, the greatest Met of all time, dies at 75

New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver poses for a photo in March 1968. (AP Photo) (Anonymous/AP)

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 died early Monday. Accoring to family sources, Seaver, 75, died peacefully at his home in Calistoga, Calif., from complications from Lyme disease, dementia and COVID-19.
He leaves behind 311 victories, 3,640 career strikeouts, three Cy Young Awards and countless millions New York baseball fans who forever cherish the memories of the Miracle Mets 1969 championship season and his starring role in it.

Another Covid death added to the statistics. Governor Cuomo will be pleased.


44 posted on 09/02/2020 6:14:17 PM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: CatOwner

Gibson pitched 16 years, Seaver 19. Extrapolate Gibson’s numbers out another three years and they are pretty damn close. I thought Gibson’s “control issues” were deliberate. Regardless, as much as I admire Gibson, I grew up watching Seaver in NYC.


45 posted on 09/02/2020 6:17:40 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: grey_whiskers

Wow so sad. My daughter’s orthodontist played for the Mets in 1962. He has lots of newspaper clippings in the waiting room. Rick Herrsher in Athens, TX. Born 1936 and is still practicing.


46 posted on 09/02/2020 6:21:08 PM PDT by Deepeasttx
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To: grey_whiskers

Another dent into my youth. I thought he would be forever 29.


47 posted on 09/02/2020 6:21:42 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Pop culture, media and public education: the dumbing down of America)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

I miss baseball. I would say it died in 1994/95 for me.


48 posted on 09/02/2020 6:22:18 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Pop culture, media and public education: the dumbing down of America)
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49 posted on 09/02/2020 6:23:43 PM PDT by xp38
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To: grey_whiskers
Your memory messed with you. Marichal hit Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro--Willie Mays and Sandy Koufax intervened. Saw it live on TV at Candlestick--absolutely jawdropping. Juan didn't like how Johnny was throwing the ball back out to Sandy, right past his ear.

Years later they made up and Juan became a Dodger briefly.

50 posted on 09/02/2020 6:28:59 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: grey_whiskers

:( :(


51 posted on 09/02/2020 6:32:20 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?? ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: CommerceComet

He is in the discussion. Great pitcher on less then stellar teams. Class act all the way around.


52 posted on 09/02/2020 6:32:39 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: LouieFisk

Is it me or are a lot of the greats leaving us recently?


53 posted on 09/02/2020 6:37:21 PM PDT by Moonlighter
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

The 1969 Mets are one of the greatest stories in baseball history. And Tom was the keystone of that team. Such a great figure, fine and decent man.


He was also recognized as a Cincinnati Hall of Famer, if IRC.


54 posted on 09/02/2020 6:38:47 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: dfwgator

Just was going to say something like it. I was 8 at time


55 posted on 09/02/2020 6:39:38 PM PDT by Ebony
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To: grey_whiskers

When baseball was still great.


56 posted on 09/02/2020 6:42:34 PM PDT by View from the Cheap Seats
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To: grey_whiskers

Not sure why reading about Tom Seaver’s passing has saddened me so much. Never saw him pitch, he retired when I was but a young lad, and I’m not at all a Mets fan. I did purchase his book “Great Moments in Baseball” many years ago- great book.

I guess I’m also mourning the death of major league baseball; the Marxists destroyed that too, as they destroy everything they touch.


57 posted on 09/02/2020 6:48:04 PM PDT by RonaldusMagnus-DonaldusMagnus
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To: grey_whiskers

God bless you, Tom. Your mind will clear and be renewed on the other side. Rest in peace and joy.


58 posted on 09/02/2020 6:50:22 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: grey_whiskers

One of my early memories is my dad & his friend taking me and his friend’s son to Shea Stadium to see Seaver pitch.

My family was basically Yankee fans (with a few Dodgers holdovers from their days in NY).

But that didn’t matter back then so much - it was just a fun evening out.

Can’t imagine what the price differential is from the cost of seeing a game back then to now.


59 posted on 09/02/2020 6:50:25 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: grey_whiskers

RIP Tom Seaver. One of the greatest right-handers of all-time. The Mets had some amazing pitching back in the late sixties... some kid named Ryan in addition to Seaver.


60 posted on 09/02/2020 6:51:55 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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