Good day all!
On the
blog today we start spotlighting my 1981 "Drakes Big Pitchers" custom
set released a few months ago, adding pitchers to one of my favorite
oddball sets, the '81 "Big Hitters" set.
We
start off with the great Tom Seaver, "Tom Terrific", my favorite
pitcher as a kid growing up in New York City, even though I was a
Yankees fan:
What needs to be said about this man?
By the time he was done he would end up with a 311-205 record along with 61 shutouts and 3640 strikeouts
to go with a brilliant 2.86 ERA over 20-seasons and 656 appearances,
647 of which were starts.
He was in prime form in the mid-70’s, putting together nine straight 200
strikeouts seasons while getting tabbed to ten all-star teams in his
first eleven seasons.
God
I loved Tom Seaver when I was a kid. More than any other pitcher of
that era I was in awe of this man. He just seemed like a "super-hero" to
me.
Just
look at all my other posts dedicated to the man here on this blog. He
was other-worldly to me growing up in New York City as a kid in the
1970's.
Even if he WAS a Met, to this young Yankee fan he was unquestionably the best pitcher in the game at that time.
Rest in Peace "Tom Terrific"!
