One last post about 1987 Seaver

Well I say that now but everytime I think we’ve gotten to the end of the 1987 Seaver saga more pops up.

Steve D turned me on to this article which is from Bill Simmons and the flip of yesterday’s discussion.  A quick excerpt..

one afternoon, right after I had gotten home from school, Gus gave me the call: “He’s coming over … right now.”

I shattered the land-speed record getting there in time for Seaver’s arrival; he seemed friendly enough when we were introduced, despite the fact I was staring at him with one of those “HOLY CRAP! IT’S TOM SEAVER!” expressions on my face. We made some small talk … and then it happened.

“Hey, why don’t you grab a bat and come outside with us?” Seaver asked me. “You can pretend you’re a batter. I want to gauge what it’s like to pitch with somebody standing there.”

Go read the rest.  Great great stuff.

Maybe Murph will ask me to drive him to the airport or something.  Not quite the same.