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RIP Tom Seaver, 1944-2020

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Edgy MD wrote:

Seaver got the save in a 15-inning win for the National League that day, one of only two saves in his career.


Quick. Don't peek. Who'd Seaver retire for the last out?


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Edgy MD wrote:

Seaver got the save in a 15-inning win for the National League that day, one of only two saves in his career.


Speaking of saves and Seaver, one of my earliest strong Met memories that still remain is of Seaver blowing a save against the Reds on the last day of baseball just before the 1971 all-star break. Seaver gave up a home run to Tony Perez in the ninth inning. I remember the announcers making a very big deal about the play and then after the game, Seaver appearing on Kiner's Korner even though Ralph usually hosted members of the winning team.


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It's funny, because I only really "remember" Seaver in his twilight years -- appearing as a "super veteran" in the 1983 Topps series, winning 300 with the White Sox, not pitching in the 1986 Series -- and it wasn't until much later that I really came to appreciate what "The Franchise" was really all about.



Ironically - I was looking through a box of cards for something else the other night, and came across a 1968 Topps Seaver that I didn't even know I had. In retrospect, that was a little creepy.


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Although young, I do remember the 1967 All Star game, it went beyond my bedtime but so what.



Seaver, seven straight complete games down the stretch in 1969.


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It's funny, because I only really "remember" Seaver in his twilight years -- appearing as a "super veteran" in the 1983 Topps series, winning 300 with the White Sox, not pitching in the 1986 Series -- and it wasn't until much later that I really came to appreciate what "The Franchise" was really all about.



Ironically - I was looking through a box of cards for something else the other night, and came across a 1968 Topps Seaver that I didn't even know I had. In retrospect, that was a little creepy.


It's a seawolf sighting!


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It's funny, because I only really "remember" Seaver in his twilight years -- appearing as a "super veteran" in the 1983 Topps series, winning 300 with the White Sox, not pitching in the 1986 Series -- and it wasn't until much later that I really came to appreciate what "The Franchise" was really all about.



Ironically - I was looking through a box of cards for something else the other night, and came across a 1968 Topps Seaver that I didn't even know I had. In retrospect, that was a little creepy.


It's a seawolf sighting!

I know. With him and dino j revisiting, it's quite the wake.


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From The Athletic:



The Franchise: Tom Seaver, a baseball artist and a Mets icon, dies at 75



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Sparky Anderson, the Hall of Fame manager, once said that his idea of managing was “giving the ball to Tom Seaver and then sitting down and watching him work.” Hank Aaron, one of the greatest hitters of any era, said Seaver was “the toughest pitcher I ever had to face.” It was Aaron who met Seaver at the 1967 All-Star Game in Anaheim, when Seaver was 22 and in the midst of his rookie season. “Kid, I know who you are,” Aaron said, “and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too.”


https://theathletic.com/2041307/2020/09/02/the-franchise-tom-seaver-a-baseball-artist-and-a-mets-icon-dies-at-75/https://theathletic.com/2041307/2020/09/02/the-franchise-tom-seaver-a-baseball-artist-and-a-mets-icon-dies-at-75/




From Oakland, at the '73 World Series:



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The Mets “official” blog recalled the 1967 ASG in 2017 and said Seaver's last out was “Ken Barry”.



https://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/a-terrific-rookie-season-f617d5fb5d29https://metsinsider.mlblogs.com/a-terrific-rookie-season-f617d5fb5d29


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All-Time Opening Day Starts



1) Tom Seaver: 16

T2) Steve Carlton: 14

T2) Randy Johnson: 14

T2) Walter Johnson: 14

T2) Jack Morris: 14

T6) Roger Clemens: 13

T6) Robin Roberts: 13

T8) Grover Cleveland Alexander: 12

T8) Bert Blyleven: 12

T8) Justin Verlander: 12

T11) Félix Hernández: 11

T11) CC Sabathia: 11

T11) Fergie Jenkins: 11

T11) Dennis Martinez: 11



Obviously, Verlander must be stopped. He somehow started opening day this year and it's his only appearance on the season. He's welcome to join that crowd at #2, but thus far and no further.


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Tom's looking a little undead there, Mr. Typewriter


Which one? And is that a zombie reference? 'Cause I'm not so up on zombie lingo. I know the basics, though.


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dinosaur jesus wrote:

I haven't been coming here because baseball is one of those things that's been too painful to think about this year. But I have to pay my respects to my first baseball hero. I've had various infatuations since, but he's still the one. When I look at footage of him--there's disappointingly little of him in his prime--just the way he moved, the angle of his knee when he raised it near his chest, the the delivery, even the angle of his wrist as he caught the throw back from Grote, is instantly familiar, completely distinctive, forty-five or more years later. I didn't live in New York, I only saw him pitch once in person, I didn't share my fandom with anyone in the Pirate country where I grew up, but I think I felt as much as any of you what he meant, what he was. What can I even say about him? He was Tom Seaver.


Yeah! The angle of his glove. His total confidence and self assurance.

I was just a dumb kid and a girl to boot but that kind of thing was noticeable to someone looking for the answers to life and maturity



Not my favorite Met by a long shot but dang, anyone from any walk of life could admire Tom



And Nancy omg


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Wow. That's good stuff


Louis Abolafia, of Abolafia's LUV, ran against Nixon for President in 1968 under the Nudist Party on the Hippie 'Love Ticket'.



Wanna see that cover without the wooden ruler?


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Tom Seaver graces the cover of Abolafia's LUV, a NYC underground sex magazine, 1969. I wonder if the publisher(s) obtained Seaver's consent.



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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
What's particularly interesting is that today happens to be Newsday's 80th birthday, and they have a turn-back-the-clock-style cover.



http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NSD_01.jpg>


My search for this edition of Newsday proved fruitless (and wet). I didn't realize that these days on LI the late-ish edition was home-delivery only. The newsstand version's front page went with the breaking story that this coming school year will be a school year like no other.


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Good to know the Mets were beefing up their single security guard. That guy must have been enormous.



That post-game interview session with Seaver where he's breaking down and trying to rally himself is one of the most painful baseball-related videos you'll ever see.


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