Rest in Peace, Tom Seaver, you truly were Terrific and definitely was The Franchise.
@marieakrim4862
3 жыл бұрын
The greatest met of all time best pitcher of his generation and I'm a yankee fan rip tom seaver !
@ethancbaker2002
3 жыл бұрын
@@marieakrim4862 better than Nolan Ryan?
@Cooper_Jolin
Жыл бұрын
@@ethancbaker2002 no not even close
@GFYM_Finance
2 ай бұрын
@ethancbaker2002 ... I agree with Cooper: not even close. There are only two pitchers in MLB history that have recorded 300 Wins, 3,500 K's, and an ERA under 3.00 One was Walter Johnson (who pitched from 1907-1927). The other is Tom Seaver. I know there's no "Pitcher of the Century" award, but if there was, Seaver would be in serious discussion to win it.
@bmis1
4 жыл бұрын
Rest easy Tom Terrific.. thanks for giving us our first title. Gonna miss you really bad. Love you
@michaelciardi4835
4 жыл бұрын
My first glove as a kid had Seaver’s autograph in it...RIP, sir....you really were terrific.
@Southernforlife60
2 жыл бұрын
As did mine! I got that Spalding glove in 1970.
@Brooklyn3955
3 жыл бұрын
Power, control, intelligence, and art. One of the all-time upper-echelon greats. It's insane just how few hours of video of Seaver are available.
@PeekaPeep
4 жыл бұрын
In my eyes, THE modern standard by which all right-handed MLB power pitchers are measured. RIP "Franchise", heck of a legacy you left behind... ;-)
@jagartharn6361
4 жыл бұрын
Tom Seaver is one of only 2 pitchers in the 100+ year history of the game to have 300+ career wins, 3500+ career Ks, and also have a career ERA lower than 3. Never seen him play, but my grandfather was a big fan of his. RIP Tom Terrific
@GFYM_Finance
3 ай бұрын
And Walter Johnson is the other one. As far as a Pitcher of the Century award would go (if there was one), Seaver would need to be in the discussion for one, if not the outright a winner of it.
@jagartharn6361
3 ай бұрын
@@GFYM_Finance Yup. Tom gets underrated in GOAT pitcher discussions. Which is funny when hes accomplished something that outside of himself was only done by the guy considered by most to be the GOAT pitcher. 2 guys in the games long history.
@joegti10
4 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest power pitchers of all time. rip sir.
@patszer8314
4 жыл бұрын
I got to watch Tom Seaver pitch at Shea and Dodger Stadium. I was lucky.
@spryfolII
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom! You were great, and played with distinction and class!
@DDEENY
4 жыл бұрын
Tom was the Last of the Mohicans. They don't make them like that anymore, a true champion on and off the field. Tom never disgraced himself, the team, the game or for that matter, his marriage. And his career stats would have been better if he'd played with a team with better run support than the Mets. And to think that the Mets acquired him literally as the luck of a 3-way draw with the Phillies and Indians. Wow, God blessed the Mets when He brought Seaver to the team. It's been written that Tom was the best player ever to wear a Mets uniform the moment that he put on a Mets uniform, and that is absolutely true. When Tom came to the Mets, they were losers. Two years later, they were spectacularly unlikely champions. Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden were SUPPOSED to have become original Met Hall of Famers but they sadly didn't have the grace or professionalism that Tom had.
@danrode104
4 жыл бұрын
A heavy ball master... Tom Seaver was the best pitcher I ever saw up close.. The best... I'm very sad today...
@gh9111
4 жыл бұрын
I saw Tom Seaver pitch in September of 1969 I was 12 then and he was my hero. I'm 62 now and he's still my hero. God bless you Tom Seaver.
4 жыл бұрын
Rip Tom Seaver.
@fredhunt9702
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Seaver, great player, great man.
@spinedoc18
Жыл бұрын
That's the best pitcher ever.
@masteraqua1638
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Tom Terrific. Greatest Met of all time!
@richardthiele8363
4 жыл бұрын
After Tom threw a few pitches to get in the groove the other team knew it was lights out. Thanks for the memories.
@keith6795
4 жыл бұрын
I was too young to see him pitch, but I can imagine the sadness if my favorite passed away. My favorite Greg Maddux says Seaver was the best.
@DDEENY
4 жыл бұрын
I first saw Tom pitch at Shea Stadium in the summer of 1968 against the Astros. The Mets lost in extra innings after Tom hung a slider and surrendered a line drive home run by Jim Wynn into the Astros' bullpen that saw the Mets lose their lead. Years later I read Tom's comments about that very game in his autobiography with Dick Schaap, THE PERFECT GAME: TOM SEAVER AND THE METS that he suffered 2 sleepless nights after that game reliving the sight of that hanging slider hit out of the park. The most memorable game that I saw pitch on TV was Game One of the 1973 NLCS against the Cinncinnati Reds with their Hall of Fame lineup, seen here at the beginning of this post. Tom pitched out of trouble for the most of the game and held The Big Red Machine scoreless with a precarious 1-0 lead (typical for the '73 Mets and their weak hitting) only to lose the game after surrendering solo homers to future would-be and elected Hall of Famers Pete Rose and Johnny Bench, respectively, in the bottom of the 8th and 9th innings, respectively. After the game, Reds pitcher Jack Billingham noted that Tom was the greatest pitcher that he'd ever seen. Watching Tom pitch on old WOR-TV was just as exciting. He was typically spectacular.
@robertpaciullo1540
Жыл бұрын
Over a 5 year period Koufax was the greatest but for a long career Seaver is the best i have ever seen I've seen them all Ford, Gibson, Carlton,Johnson,Maddux Clemens Ryan Martinez. The consistency of Tom was unmatched. SEAVER WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL
@lardogbeck
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I grew up watching Seaver pitch for the Mets, saw his first game back at Shea with the Reds, and saw him win his 300th with the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. I mailed him a baseball card with a letter care of the Reds at Riverfront and he signed it an sent it back. So sad I didn't hear about Tom Seaver day at Shea, I would have flown across the country for it.
@edw.1411
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tom Terrific for all of those wonderful Sunday afternoons at Shea Stadium! RIP my friend!
@stevevandien310
4 жыл бұрын
I recall Reggie Jackson describing Seaver in the 1973 WS. Jackson said Seaver had the best combination of velocity and control of any pitcher he'd faced before then. Seaver at his finest had both power and finesse. The power eventually declined, but the finesse endured --
@robertrosejr1
4 жыл бұрын
What a live arm. Would dominate today
@michaelb878
4 жыл бұрын
Love watching these highlights. His mechanics were incredible, like poetry in motion - No extra/unnecessary movement. You can tell he was a real smart guy and student of the art of pitching
@larrygonzales5245
2 жыл бұрын
Seaver had such an iconic nickname that he did not need to trademark it. Tom Brady tried to trademark Tom Terrific, the trademark office told him he could not trademark it even though available because Tom Seaver was already known by so many people as such that he did not need a trademark, he owned it with his reputation.
@andreww.9342
2 жыл бұрын
When he got in trouble everyone knew that fastball was coming, and still it never got hit consistently 🐐🐐🐐
@rch72456
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Terrific
@donaldleider7382
4 жыл бұрын
Watched Tom Seaver’s whole career, what a privilege to watch a true artist work!!! R.I.P. Tom Terrific!!!
@Geotubest
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Terrific.
@RG-NYC
4 жыл бұрын
RIP to the greatest Met 😔
@jnolette1030
2 жыл бұрын
His fastball was crackin in those old Mets clips
@DDEENY
4 ай бұрын
I met Jeff Torborg at a PAL-sponsored baseball clinic in the winter of 1974 in Linden, NJ. Jeff had faced Tom Seaver as a hitter and Jeff commented that Seaver's fastball exploded as it reached the plate.
@jnolette1030
4 ай бұрын
@@DDEENY That is cool. I met Booby Valentine at baseball camp the same year Gooden and Sid Fernandez came up it's so cool as a 14 year old listening to him talk about them
@DDEENY
4 ай бұрын
@@jnolette1030 My attendance at the clinic was a Christmas gift to me from my parents. I was 15 years old. The clinic was conducted across 3 consecutive Saturdays and the major league guests were NJ natives Jeff Torborg from the Angels and Roy White and Elliott Maddox from the Yankees. In person, Torborg looked much larger in real life like a football player, and he looked like a movie star with thick, salt-and-pepper hair and blue eyes. He had caught the like of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale with the Dodgers and Nolan Ryan with the Angels. I'm unsure if Torborg still holds the record for no-hitters caught.
@vicepresidentmikepence889
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Tom Seaver
@ernestpassaro9663
3 жыл бұрын
REST IN PEACE TOM SEAVER BEST PITCHER I EVER SEEN AND IM A YANKEE FAN ALSO A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR THE GAME
@JoeNocella
2 жыл бұрын
Tom would've been signed to a $500 million contract today.
@SilverHammer1969
28 күн бұрын
Tommy was one of the smartest pitchers to ever play MLB. He was my idol growing up. ⚾❤
@Long-Island-Sound
4 жыл бұрын
TM 3:17 Says it All! The best Seaver quote by anyone is this: "Blind people come to the stadium just to hear him pitch." Reggie Jackson
@username-zj9id
2 жыл бұрын
I think I've seen that same quote attributed to Reggie talking about Nolan Ryan.
@zassassin4950
4 жыл бұрын
RIP😢
@KingKing-kp5pk
4 жыл бұрын
Rip Tom “the man” Seaver u are the franchise
@jpsned
4 жыл бұрын
Nice to see fellow ex-Met Ray Knight helping out Tom get his no-hitter. (10:42). Also to hear ex-Met announcer Lindsay Nelson calling Tom's 300th win. (9:46)
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan
4 жыл бұрын
Ray Knight wasn't a Met yet technically. This was pre-1986. Seaver retired in 1986 - the year Knight won the MVP for the World Series for the Mets vs the Red Sox.
@ModernDayRenaissanceMan
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up watching Kiner's Corner on Channel 9 in NYC (WWOR) as it was called. Was always a Yankee fan, but my earliest memories was of the 86 Mets winning it all. Loved Howard Johnson & Mackey Sasser. I live in Panama City now... Where Sasser is from
@DDEENY
4 жыл бұрын
@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan I was disappointed when Knight didn't return to the Mets after '86 for free agency. 1986 seemed like a career year for him and he was a big part of their success. What memories.
@DDEENY
4 жыл бұрын
@Scott Martin I thought that sounded like Linsay Nelson, which was so appropriate. I don't know which company or network that he was announcing for, because I watched it live on WPIX-11 that televised the Yankees' games on regular (non-cable) TV. I don't remember if WPIX invited Lindsay into the announcer's booth to announce the final inning of Tom's 300th win but that could have been the case. I was at a game at Shea in 1983 when the Mets were playing the Expos with Seaver starting, and Lindsay Nelson (who'd left the Mets' organization or otherwise retired) made a guest appearance at a pre-game ceremony at home plate including Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner that I can't remember now was about, but Lindsay concluded his speech over the microphone with his old familar introduction "WELL HELLO EVERYBODY! THIS IS LINDSAY NELSON WITH BOB MURPHY AND RALPH KINER COMING TO YOU FROM SHEA STADIUM IN FLUSHING, NEW YORK!" Oh the memories that the sound of his voice brought back!
@jpsned
4 жыл бұрын
@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan Oh, I know, I was just saying that Knight was/is an ex-Met. I wasn't necessarily referring to the chronology of when he played for the Mets. :)
@michaelmcnaughton6640
4 жыл бұрын
Tommy Terrific
@ryanfisher2689
4 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Tom!! You were one of the greatest
@mysocalledknife07
2 жыл бұрын
Beast-mode
@chrisverby3047
Жыл бұрын
My favorite pitcher despite being a lifelong Yankees fan. Saw him while he was still very good (1977-'81), but not when he was outstanding (1967-1976). I was actually happy when he won his 300th against my beloved Yankees in 1985.
@RJLNetwork
2 жыл бұрын
Only two pitchers in baseball history have over 300 wins, 3000 strikeouts and a career ERA under 3.00. Walter "Big Train" Johnson and Tom "Terrific" Seaver. RIP "The Franchise"
@dominickclaflin5295
2 жыл бұрын
That’s a crazy stat🤯
@rtosborne3
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite player growing up.
@Corvette.Ronnie
4 жыл бұрын
RIP to the greatest Met. I’ve never seen so many uncomfortable swings by hitters in my life.
@michaelmcnaughton6640
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tommy
@pchisman1055
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Terrific. My mom had such a crush on him. I was almost named after him
@seanohare5488
5 ай бұрын
Tom terrific
@Mark-sj3xb
7 ай бұрын
One word to describe Seaver: Textbook Pitched with his legs. Watch that leg drive. Always had a dirt stain on his right knee from bis incredible ability to drive low to the ground
@micnak3574
4 күн бұрын
Seaver's pitching mechanics is textbook. I tell young pitchers to use their legs like Seaver.
@anthonymarcano2974
4 жыл бұрын
God’s putting the team back together. Gil and the coaching staff, Agee, Clendennon, Charles, Tom... 😪
@TheGreenStreetHeros
4 жыл бұрын
...Lou Brock just got drafted.
@blakkat4126
3 жыл бұрын
When Tom struck out the batter for the last out of the inning, Jerry Grote used to purposely flip the ball to the other side of the mound away from the visitor's dugout. He did that to make the opposing pitcher walk further to pick up the ball. Anything for an advantage. You can see Grote do that many times in this video.
@spinedoc18
Жыл бұрын
Grote was his favorite catcher and he pitched to Bench and Fisk too.
@firefighterprodigy
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P
@JTC2227
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Tom Seaver November 17, 1944 - August 31, 2020
@descendantoffools9767
4 жыл бұрын
@2:37 A little of the Seaver heat!
@thomaswolf723
3 жыл бұрын
In the top of the 9th inning against the Cubs, when Seaver was pitching a no-hitter, Randy Hundley unsuccessfully attempted a bunt. I thought that doing this was a violation of the unwritten rules followed by old school players.
@tylerdoke4482
4 жыл бұрын
Rip
@glassslide
4 жыл бұрын
OMG Thank you for posting!!
@frankmaiorana66
11 ай бұрын
At the ten minute mark there are highlights of Tom Seaver's 300th win. Who was calling the last out? None other than former Mets broadcaster Lindsay Nelson.
@Avenueroadadvertising
3 ай бұрын
I remember Tom pitching against the Expos when he was with Cincinnati and mowing down their players effortlessly . I mean they couldn’t touch him. Incredible to watch !
@frankzito1660
Жыл бұрын
My idol as a kid and may be the greatest pitcher of all time. Arguably of course. I loved the comment from Frank Robinson about Seaver’s fastball when the late great Kurt Gowdy asked a question. Robinson said “Kurt, I never saw his fastball. I just heard it. Sounded like something was on fire.”
Saw him pitch twice at Shea, still have the game program. Remember when they had Batting Glove Day and Bat Day and things like that. They would give you free stuff, now they want 10 dollars for a hot dog.
@FUY735
4 жыл бұрын
5:23 Bringing the heat
@carljustinenuestro8771
11 ай бұрын
I can’t believe Tom Seaver was a one-time member of the Red Sox.
@statuesdesigns4223
2 жыл бұрын
The greatest!!!!
@sangminpark7909
4 жыл бұрын
R.I.P.
@user-ns3ek7nm3x
4 жыл бұрын
偉大な投手がまた1人逝ってしまった。 ご冥福をお祈りします😢
@tonyanthonyfowler
3 жыл бұрын
Goat
@BlackBoxOnlineRadio
4 жыл бұрын
RIP TS
@user-rk5no4mo5y
Ай бұрын
トム・シ―バーはメジャーの投手にしては珍しく伸びの有るボールを投げていましたね
@user-ge6oj8gy7b
2 жыл бұрын
投手の見本のような投手。
@emilyscandycakes4530
Жыл бұрын
The way his windup was and his delivery should be duplicated by kids these days...arm issues would slowly get better...his approach to his pitching ...also....as the game went into later innings the better he got
@spinedoc18
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Drop and Drive. Today they say it's old-fashioned. Seaver, Kooz, and Ryan all used that delivery to pitch 20 + years virtually injury free. Nothing old fashioned about that. Somewhere, someone will adapt it and be successful with it again.
@greggagnon6173
4 жыл бұрын
Did you notice all the tattoos on the players?.... No? Neither did I. The glory days of sports where players played for the love of Baseball, not the multimillion dollar paychecks. If you told Tom we can't pay you this week, he'd say "That's ok. I'm on the mound on Wednesday night. We can catch up when it's good for you..." Total class act.
@impassable
4 ай бұрын
Unlike limp wristed managers of today like Dave Roberts, Tom's managers expected him to pitch 8 or 9 innings every game
@deahrens
4 жыл бұрын
I like the vid if u play roblox dominik tell me ur name and ill friend u
@dominickclaflin5295
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t
@user-fk2xy8ey7p
2 жыл бұрын
2:23ピートローズ??間違えたかな?
@joememphis1571
10 ай бұрын
Ten times in eleven seasons, Tom Seaver had struck out 200 plus batters (1968-76, 1978) plus he won three Cy Young Awards (1969, 1973, 1975) plus a World Series title with the Miracle Mets in 1969. He also led the NL in strikeouts (1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976)
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