Passed away at 75. His early dementia and Lyme disease weakened his immune system to a degree that COVID just took him away.
He sure could pitch a little back in the day!
He sure could pitch a little back in the day!
RIP Tom Seaver
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He used to destroy my Atlanta Braves. The 69 Mets had an unbelievable starting rotation with Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan, and Gary Gentry.
My memories of Nolan was as a Texas Rangers. Glad I wasn’t alive to watch him smoke my Braves with the Mets.
Remember what Ryan did to Robin Ventura when he made the foolish decision to charge the mound?
He still got him locked in that headlock lol
Yep. Lived in Dallas then and Ryan could have been elected Governor after that happened.
Nolan is one of my all time favorite players growing up, but Dale Murphy was my childhood hero. I fell in love with the Braves in the late 70’s early 80’s and been a fan every since I could understand the game.
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Murphy was great. An excellent outfielder as well as a slugger. He and Bob Horner were a great power hitting combination back in the day.
Such great memories that u wish never ended. Life moves way too fast and only getting faster.
I remember the headlock and the dozen barrages to his head.....
Im a lifelong Met fan and even I liked Murphy. Also liked Chipper even though he routinely killed us.
It is shocking with the talent they possessed through the decades yielded only a single title. It took Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz and Avery....crazy.
Great pitcher, and a good guy. Part of the "Amazin' Mets" in 1969. He was 25-7 that year with a 2.21 ERA. Pitched until 1986.
We lost Bob Gibson and Tom Seaver within a month of each other. Two of the best that ever did it.
I was not aware Whitey Ford had died. When I was a kid, Whitey threw out the first pitch of a game I played in to kick off the season. It is kind of amazing all of those greats going so close togethe.
Passed this morning I believe. Part of an era when ball players were bigger than life. Phil Rizzuto and his wife came to my house when I was maybe 10 years old. These guys were royalty which is interesting considering how little money they made and the majority had offseason jobs. Then Dave Winfield happened and the game changed.
Chipper named one of his sons Shea after he was such a Met killer in the old stadium.
Heard he was watching a Yankees game when he died. How fitting.
