Posted on 03/07/2019 3:48:50 PM PST by SMGFan
I saw him pitch in Connie Mack a few times.
Godspeed, Mr. Seaver.
Somebody presented me with box seat tickets to the first game Seaver pitched against the Mets after being traded to the Reds ...Reds won . Seaver finished his career with around a 2.8 E.R.A. In an ESPN poll, Hall of Famers Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Don Sutton and Bert Blyleven called Seaver the finest pitcher of their generation.
This is why people think it came from the Plum Island biowarfare lab. Lyme was first found just a few miles from there.
“Scientists have confirmed that the pathogen that causes Lyme disease—unlike any other known organism—can exist without iron, a metal that all other life needs to make proteins and enzymes.”
This Date in Mets History: April 13 — Tom Seaver makes a terrific-ish debut
Tom Seaver made his first MLB start 46 years ago today and showed glimpses of greatness. He also showed plenty of adequateness, which is something the Mets desperately needed.
(snip) -— According to the announced attendance figure, a mere 5,005 fans showed up to Shea Stadium on April 13, 1967. That means the three-year old arena was at less than ten percent capacity when Tom Seaver, the man who’d later become “the Franchise”, stalked out to the mound to make his major league debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Presumably, Seaver was received warmly by the sparse home crowd, then less so by Bucs leadoff batter Matty Alou, who opened the game with a double to right. He’d wind up pinned at second, however, as Seaver induced groundouts from the next two batters and close the frame with his first MLB strikeout, a whiff of future teammate Donn Clendenon.
-— To me watching Seaver pitch was like watching an experienced, methodical safe cracker do his work.
Well said!
I agree! The man was a machine.
Regards,
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