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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 20:00:44 GMT -5
Per MLB Network page we lost one of the greats in Tom Seaver at age 75
For us of the Boomer generation no matter who you were a fan of he was one of those you would either pay to see live or make time to catch a game of the week to see him pitch
He was having some health problems in recent years & did stop making public appearances
Will never forget him willing those Mets teams to pennants in 1969 and 73 with winning it all in '69
Some of you may want to share memories of what was one of my very favorite pitchers of my generation
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Post by keystone61 on Sept 3, 2020 8:30:49 GMT -5
I remember him vaguely. I was a young kid, but I do remember that he was the best. Always seemed like a good dude, too.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Sept 3, 2020 23:40:18 GMT -5
I have no idea if he was a good dude or not, but I assume everyone
is until proven otherwise.
What I remember most about him is the leg drive... something I think many current pitchers just don't understand. He got so much out of his lower body while pitching, that his knee was always brown with pitching mound dirt..
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Sept 3, 2020 23:40:43 GMT -5
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Post by keystone61 on Sept 4, 2020 7:34:55 GMT -5
Seaver AVERAGED over 7 innings per game, including a handful of relief appearances in his career. During his peak years, he averaged over 8 innings. Also, his highest K per 9 was 9.1. The game has changed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2020 21:08:20 GMT -5
The workhorse pitcher of the 70's and even into the 80's is just not like it used to be
Seaver, Fergie Jenkins, Nolan Ryan, Gaylord Perry, Jim Palmer that was my time
We even had one here in Knucksie - and those guys were strong and generally healthy
Seaver was my favorite and I did get to see him up closer back in 1986 at the end of his career in Boston where he still had some quality starts but finished that season hurt with a knee injury. I was glad to see him even at the end even if it was for a cup of coffee.
As a professional and person he was very highly respected. Known as someone who was a perfectionist in game preparation
It was M Donald Grant (Mets Chairman at the time) who sort of ran him out of NY, a couple of yrs later the aging dinsasour Grant was run out of the Mets org. The age 55 plus crowd remembers that story
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Post by keystone61 on Sept 5, 2020 16:37:45 GMT -5
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