Steve with a good one…
Was watching this Koosman documentary
At the 10 minute mark, we see Seaver and Koosman at a clinic somewhere…Tom is wearing number ???
Hmm my theory was that it was when he first came up, but he wore 21 with Jacksonville.
That is Seaver, right?
Definitely Seaver…surely his first or second year…maybe a spring training clinic in Florida before he was assigned 41?
it was filmed at a mets clinic in queens in 1968 from the hilight film “the year of the mets picthers”. seaver and cleon jones were showing the kids a pick off move.
come to think of it, i recall cleon playing first base in a few mets games.
But why the #?
no clean home uni to wear.
maybe he spilled some tobacco juice on it before he left the club house.