Tom Seaver, Pitcher Who Led 'Miracle Mets' to Glory, Dies at 75

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Source: NY TIMES

Tom Seaver, one of baseball's greatest right-handed power pitchers, a Hall of Famer who won 311 games for four major league teams, most notably the Mets, whom he led from last place to a miraculous world championship in his first three seasons, died on Monday. He was 75.

The cause was complications of Lewy body dementia and Covid-19, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame.


Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/obituaries/tom-seaver-dead.html?action=click&module=Alert&pgtype=Homepage

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Tom Seaver is so good, blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch. -Reggie Jackson

[underpants]

1. I huge hero of mine growing up

When he played for the Reds

[mobeau69]

2. Say it ain't so. Tom Terrific, RIP.

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Cross gently, Tom Terrific

I saw him pitch at Shea in 1977.

[greenjar_01]

12. ...

[marybourg]

4. Wow. Shocker. Saw him pitch many times in the old Shea Stadium.

[Botany]

5. Damn!

This one hurts. When he was pitching for the Reds in Cincinnati I saw him in a park
and when we passed each other walking I said, "Hi Tom." He smiled and waved.

Can we just say he died because of the Trump Virus?

[Chrisdutch]

6. Tom Terrific

I was growing up as a fan of the Mets and grew up watching him pitch. He truly was a game changer for the franchise. R.I.P. Tom Terrific. I never really forgave the Mets and that sleazy right wing rat Dick Young for running him out of town.

[patphil]

7. Same here. Tom Terrific was one of the truly great ones.

It was hard watching him pitch with another team's uniform on.

[Penn Voter]

9. My late dad and I

saw him pitch at Shea Stadium vs. the St. Louis Cardinals and Bob Gibson back in April, 1969. It was a great thrill to see two hall of fame pitchers in their prime and it brings back great memories. Tom Terrific was not only a great pitcher, but a great family man and a fine person. RIP

[Princess Turandot]

8. I had the unexpected pleasure of seeing him win #300 live. He was my favorite player when I was..

..a kid. I stopped following the Mets when they traded him.

A friend had gotten tickets to a Yankees-White Sox game at the Stadium, because they were honoring Phil Rizzuto, whom she liked. Seaver turned out to pitching, with 299 wins behind him. By the time he was done, the crowd was pretty much his. It was a great moment.

Horrible that it was COVID that killed him.

[George II]

14. I had the pleasure of seeing him win two games in one night*. I was in Chicago on my monthly....

...business trip in the '80s. The night before the White Sox and Brewers went 17 innings tied before the curfew, so they continued the game to the next night.

It turned out to be the longest game (time-wise) in baseball history. In the 25th inning Tony LaRussa put Seaver in to relieve (probably figuring it would be a good warmup for the real game, which he was scheduled to start).

In the bottom of the 25th Harold Baines hit a homerun to win the game for Seaver. He then went on to pitch the regularly scheduled game and win - winning TWO games in one night.

Somewhere in my archives I have some photographs from the night, including the scoreboard saying "Thanks Harold"!

*between the continued game and the regular game, it was so late that we had to leave before the end of the game, so I really didn't get a chance to see him win the second game, but did see him pitch a few innings.

[rurallib]

10. Always drug his right leg on the follow through.

Watching him I learned what a great pitcher put into every pitch.

[NNadir]

11. In my youth, he was considered a great hero.

He was, for sure, the greatest Met.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Rest In Peace, Tom Terrific.

[iluvtennis]

15. Rest In Peace Tom Seaver

[Lord Ludd]

16. After the first moon landing in July 1969, I remember reading this Seaver quote:

"If we can send men to the moon, we can get out of Vietnam."

[jcmaine72]

17. R.I.P. Franchise