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A joke about Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman’s du-rag has landed an MLB broadcaster in hot water and led to him apologizing for the “insensitive” remark. During the second inning of the Mets-Diamondbacks game on Tuesday, former Arizona manager Bob Brenly, who currently serves as a broadcaster for Bally Sports Arizona, attempted to joke about Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman’s du-rag. “Pretty sure that’s the same du-rag that Tom Seaver used to wear when he pitched for the Mets,” Brenly joked. The joke, however, failed to make Stroman laugh. After hearing the comment, Stroman took to Twitter to blast the “racist undertones”...

NEW YORK -- Tom Seaver transformed a franchise and captivated a city, setting enduring standards as he whipped his powerful right arm overhead for the Miracle Mets and dirtied his right knee atop major league mounds for two decades. A consummate pro and pitching icon, he finished fulfilled after a career remembered with awe long after his final strikeout. "It is the last beautiful flower in the perfect bouquet," Seaver said on the afternoon he was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame. Seaver, the galvanizing force who steered the New York Mets from the National League cellar to a stunning...

The night when the Mets came of age: Tom Seaver's "Imperfect Game", a one hit shutout defeating the Cubs in front of 59,000 fans at Shea (and even more perched in trees beyond the left field fence.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Tom Seaver, the Hall of Fame pitcher and greatest Met of all time, has been diagnosed with dementia and retired from public life, his family announced Thursday. The news comes as the Mets approach the 50th anniversary of the 1969 championship team that Seaver, nicknamed “Tom Terrific,” pitched to a World Series win. Seaver’s family said in a statement released by the Hall of Fame that the 74-year-old will continue to work in his beloved vineyard in California, but will no longer make public appearances. Seaver has been dealing with cognitive issues for years, but...

The family of Tom Seaver announced Thursday that the Hall of Fame pitcher was recently diagnosed with dementia and is retiring from public life. According to the statement, released through the Baseball Hall of Fame, Seaver will continue work in his vineyard in Calistoga in California's wine country. According to MLB.com New York Mets beat writer Anthony DiComo, the team was hoping Seaver could attend a 50th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Miracle Mets but confirmed that in light of Thursday's news, he will not. "We've been in contact with the Seaver family and are aware of his health situation,"...