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Post by WorcesterGray on Sept 2, 2020 21:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 2, 2020 21:32:34 GMT -5
What a pitcher !
Never should have been traded.
The Franchise
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 3, 2020 6:14:28 GMT -5
May his soul rest in peace.
Gifted athlete. I always enjoyed his insights into baseball.
Shen the Mets tirade him away (and Nolan Ryan) I stopped being a Mets fan for several years.
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Post by Tom on Sept 3, 2020 8:04:25 GMT -5
Red Sox picked him up as an extra arm for the stretch drive in 1986. I went down and bought tickets at the gate for his first game, because how many times do you get to see a future Hall of Famer in person
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Post by hchoops on Sept 3, 2020 8:24:08 GMT -5
His love of Gil Hodges gave the Mets the leadership from player and manager that led to their success in ‘69 and the early 70s until Gil’s untimely death.
Best pitcher I saw besides Sandy K.
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Post by purplehaze on Sept 3, 2020 9:26:00 GMT -5
Sad final chapter to his life - Lyme disease, then dementia followed by covid - just a shame for such a fine man to endure - I remember very well rushing up to Hogan 2 after class to watch Seaver pitch in the ‘69 WS - a magic year !
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Post by hchoops on Sept 3, 2020 10:05:01 GMT -5
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Sept 3, 2020 11:15:19 GMT -5
His love of Gil Hodges gave the Mets the leadership from player and manager that led to their success in ‘69 and the early 70s until Gil’s untimely death. Best pitcher I saw besides Sandy K. They both had that classic power pitcher delivery. |
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Post by timholycross on Sept 4, 2020 10:19:21 GMT -5
Dan Shaughnessy thanks Tom for getting injured in 1986. All else being equal, the Sox win that series w/him available. Sox win, no books.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 4, 2020 11:53:17 GMT -5
If, if, if
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Post by WorcesterGray on Sept 4, 2020 13:57:10 GMT -5
They both had that classic power pitcher delivery. Great tribute by the Mets the other night. Each player in the starting lineup smudged the right knee of his uniform with dirt.
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Post by Tom on Sept 4, 2020 14:38:14 GMT -5
That was cool.
The moment of silence in an empty stadium just doesn't have the same impact. There very well could be another moment of silence at the first Mets game with fans
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Post by possum on Sept 4, 2020 14:43:24 GMT -5
Seaver was obviously at the end of the road and was no great shake for the Red Sox but I would have taken my chances with him over Al Nipper in game 4 hoping that he would rise to the occasion against his former team.
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Post by beaven302 on Sept 5, 2020 12:36:26 GMT -5
May his soul rest in peace. Gifted athlete. I always enjoyed his insights into baseball. Shen the Mets tirade him away (and Nolan Ryan) I stopped being a Mets fan for several years. I was irate over the Seaver trade, but I stuck with the team although they were hardly worth watching. (Things were so bad during the post-Seaver period that the team even trotted out Mettle the Mule to stir fan interest.) The man behind the Seaver trade, M. Donald Grant ,is easily the biggest fool iand most-hated man in franchise history. |
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Post by hchoops on Sept 5, 2020 13:11:55 GMT -5
And sportswriter Dick Young did the dirty work with a scandalous lie about Seaver’s wife that strongly motivated Seaver to want to leave
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 5, 2020 13:26:51 GMT -5
I still bristle at the unethical way Tom's time as a Met was ended by the action of Donald Grant and the cooperation of Dick Young.  |
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 5, 2020 18:01:15 GMT -5
Very forgiving of you. A true Christian.  Young's son-in-law was with the Mets before, during and (for a time) after the trade negotiations. |
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