I Castillo’d this one – I knew this book was coming out and meant to contact the author, but this summer/fall has been so busy that it got off my radar. Anyways, the folks at Sportsology read the book…
The quotes in this book are great, I learned about a Vietnam controversy that Tom was involved in and because of my young age I never knew about it. There are a ton of Nancy Seaver quotes, which I always find interesting, I always thought the New York press treated her unfairly and this book proved that for sure.
via The Last Icon — Tom Seaver and his Times — Lived Up To My Expectations | SPORTSOLOGY.
It was not Ed Hearn, but Barry Lyons who aborted Seaver’s comeback by going 6 for 6 in a simulated game. Hearn was in KC by then. It led to one of the great lines from Lyons…”I should make the Simulated Hall of Fame”
i don’t recall the press being too un fair he was the young golden boy with a pretty wife. they ,as i recall had various opinions about things that were going on in the world and talked about it. at least they were not built up the way steve & cyndi garvey were built up in the media in 1974. heck i thought they would have they’re own sitcom !
tom seaver let the world know he was more than a young base ball player with lots of talent. as i recall when martin luthur king was murdered in 1968, seaver led the cause to have the mets giants game home opener moved back a few days out of respect for dr. king in san francisco..