I am sure you are wondering about a patch/armband etc. At this time (2:30pm) I haven’t heard anything.
The New York Mets mourn the loss of Tom Seaver, “The Franchise”… Seaver won 311 games, had a 2.86 ERA and struck out 3,640 batters over a 20-year major league career that spanned from 1967-1986, earning 12 All-Star selections in the process…He led the National League in wins three times, ERA three times and strikeouts five times…Seaver was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992 when he was named on 98.8 percent of ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the highest voting percentage ever received at the time…Seaver, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, was obtained by the Mets in a special draft lottery in 1966 and earned the 1967 NL Rookie of the Year Award.
Seaver spent 12 years with the Mets and went 198-124 in 401 games with a 2.57 ERA (870 earned runs/3,045.2 innings) with 2,541 strikeouts…He is the Mets all-time leader in wins, strikeouts, shutouts (44), ERA, complete games (171) and starts (395)…He won three Cy Young Awards with the team in 1969, 1973 and 1975 as well as the Rookie of the Year in 1967…Seaver led the team to the 1969 World Series championship, going 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA (67 earned runs/273.1 innings) in 1969 and led the Mets to the 1973 NL Championship after going 19-10 with a 2.08 ERA (67 earned runs/290.0 innings).
HONORING HIS LEGACY: In June of last year, the Mets and the City of New York renamed the street between Northern Blvd. and Roosevelt Ave. (formerly 126th St.) to Seaver Way and changed the address of Citi Field to 41 Seaver Way…During the ceremony, the team also announced that they would honor’s Seaver’s legacy with a statue that will be displayed near the Home Run Apple in front of Citi Field…Seaver’s #41 was the first player number retired by the organization in 1988.
4️⃣1️⃣ will hang in our dugout today. #RIP41 pic.twitter.com/4Pf4g6Nzgn
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 3, 2020
That’s it. I don’t feel like goofing on Pete today.
