Here’s
a “special” 1973 card I’ve been meaning to create for some time now, a
Tom Seaver/Nolan Ryan edition with these two young pitching studs in
their prime:
What can be said about these two that hasn’t already been stated a million times over?
“Tom Terrific” would go on to win three Cy Young Awards, top 300 wins
and 60 shutouts, and strikeout over 3000 batters, while his former
flame-throwing teammate “The Ryan Express” would demolish the Major
League record for career strikeouts with over 5000, also win over 300
games and throw a record seven no-hitters while pitching into his mid
40’s.
Just an incredible pair of pitchers who marched straight for the Hall of Fame.
I won’t start listing their insane stats here since I’ve probably done
so on the blog a couple dozen times before, but these two guys were, are
and always will be legends of the game.