# Tom Seaver, farewell **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716 "2020-09-03T14:44:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/1 "2020-09-03T14:44:03Z")
[Tom Seaver dies at 75](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/us/tom-seaver-dies-spt-trnd/index.html) Legendary player, winemaker, and all-around nice guy. My mom was a huge fan. And since my mom passed away two weeks ago, this is one of the first little jolts I’m going to keep getting: I can’t call her to see how she’s taking it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/2 "2020-09-03T16:26:00Z")
I was fortunate enough to see his 300th victory against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium when he was with the White Sox in 1985. Although I’m a Yankees fan, I didn’t mind the loss so much since it came from a NY sports icon. (It was also Phil Rizzuto day, when they retired #10 in his honor. In recognition of his frequent exclamation, they brought out a Holy Cow, [which proceeded to knock Phil over.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i99IIPdn-9c) Truly a day of memories!) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/3 "2020-09-03T17:43:42Z")
Probably unlike most people, my personal image of Tom Seaver is in a Cincinnati Reds uniform. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/4 "2020-09-03T17:48:19Z")
Same here, mostly because I didn’t really start following baseball closely until around 1977, when the Mets traded him to the Reds. I distinctly remember coverage of his no-hitter for the Reds in '78, and how a lot of people were happy that he had finally gotten one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/5 "2020-09-03T19:23:38Z")
I remember that game well, though I watched it on TV\*. Seaver was a class act and great player. Also a Yankee fan, I never disliked Seaver. But to me, he was a Met first and foremost. The best of the Mets. - It must have been a National Game or I caught it as a White Sox broadcast as I was in the Chicago area for that game. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/6 "2020-09-03T19:43:38Z")
I remember the Miracle Mets’ run to the World Series in 1969. Farewell, “Tom Terrific.” ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/7 "2020-09-04T11:51:06Z")
The losing pitcher in the Montreal Expos’ first game ever - April 8, 1969. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/8 "2020-09-04T12:34:15Z")
Today I learned that Tom Seaver didn’t die years ago. More shockingly, neither did Vin Scully, who just joined Twitter, ferchissakes. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-seaver-farewell/919716/9 "2020-09-04T13:29:49Z")
Tom Seaver was the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award without winning at least 20 games. A pitcher had won an MVP Award without winning 20 games (Jim Konstanty) but that was before there was a CYA. Seaver went 19-10 in 1973 and dragged the Mets to the World Series and was obviously the best pitcher in the major leagues, but it was still an incredibly close vote. By the time I started following baseball, which was about 1981, Seaver was still pitching, and would have more solid years, but he was already a legend. At the time, if you asked 100 baseball fans who the greater pitcher was, Nolan Ryan or Tom Seaver, 100 would have said Seaver. Today, I imagine most would say Ryan, but they are wrong. It’s still Seaver.