Posted on 09/02/2020 5:33:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
RIP.
Badeball, been berry berry good to me.
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.
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.
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.
Another dent into my youth. I thought he would be forever 29.
I miss baseball. I would say it died in 1994/95 for me.
Years later they made up and Juan became a Dodger briefly.
:( :(
He is in the discussion. Great pitcher on less then stellar teams. Class act all the way around.
Is it me or are a lot of the greats leaving us recently?
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.
Just was going to say something like it. I was 8 at time
When baseball was still great.
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.
God bless you, Tom. Your mind will clear and be renewed on the other side. Rest in peace and joy.
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.
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.
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