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Remember That Time Tom Seaver Wrote A Mystery Novel?
Remember that time Tom Seaver wrote a mystery novel? Called 'Beanball: Murder at the World Series'? About a guy murdered by a thrown baseball? Yeah, me neither. But it happened. Back in 1989, Seaver -- along with ghostwriter Herbert Resnicow -- released the murder-mystery thriller about a team...
Tom Seaver Interview On MLB Network Tonight At 9PM ET
Tonight at 9pm, MLB Network will air a new episode of Studio 42 with Bob Costas featuring a lengthy interview with Tom Seaver from Cooperstown, New York. Among other things, Seaver talks about his time with the Mets; the art of pitching; the trade to Cincinnati; his induction to the Hall of Fame;...
1975: Seaver Proves Fallible
In 1975, Tom Seaver had another stellar season of his already legendary career. He managed a league-leading 22 wins for an 82-80 team that, apart from Dave Kingman and Rusty Staub, was offensively challenged. That total included 15 complete games and 5 shutouts. He pitched 280 innings and led the...
Pitching Bias in Mets Hall of Fame
I'm willing to hypothetically bet $20 that your favorite Mets player of all time wasn't a pitcher. Oh, I might have to pay out on a few bets. Surely, some of you will designate Tom Seaver as the Met most likely to set your nostalgic heart all a-flutter. Others might give Jerry Koosman the...
AAA 2011: Excerpt from "The Mets Legacy Initiative"
We're doing a final round of edits before handing the Amazin' Avenue Annual off to the printers, and I'd just like to share a small excerpt from Greg Prince and Jason Fry's "The Mets Legacy Initiative," a rousing, gloriously written instruction manual to the restoration and celebration of Mets...
Let's Go to the Videotape: Grand Slam!, with Bob Feller
When I heard the sad news that Hall of Famer Bob Feller had been moved to hospice, I immediately thought of a strange artifact from my Vast and Dusty VHS Archives. It comes from the same tape as the 1989 clips I posted earlier this week. The thing is, whereas I watched the '89 preview many times...
Let's Go to the Videotape: 1989 Preview
For the latest installment of Let's Go to the Videotape, I present some more clips from another spring training preview. This was done by NBC for the 1989 season, though unlike the previous year's edition, it did not feature any incongruous use of the music of The Cure. But it did feature an intro...
Today in Sports History: August 4th
(Barry Bonds hits No. 755. Kevork Djansezian, AP Photos) 8/04/1945 - Amputee plays in game In 1944, Shepard was fighting in World War II when his plane was shot down by a German air fighter. He became a prisoner of war and had to have his right leg amputated due to the injuries he incurred from...
Historical WAR Between Hitters and Pitchers
With Sean Smith releasing historical WAR for pitchers, we can take a look at how they compare with the hitters. Here are the top twenty five players in career WAR, including seasons 1955 and after. Rank WAR Pos Player 1 173.9 H Bonds, Barry 2 140.4 H Mays, Willie...
Friday Applesauce
At Newsday, David Lennon has an article on Dan Murphy and Nick Evans and their transition to big league ball. Church is back in session, beginning tonight. Despite his many successes there, Tom Seaver won't be sad when Shea Stadium is demolished. Shea may be a dump, but it's our dump*, and...
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