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    Rest In Peace Tom Terrific. Best pitcher I’ve ever seen that wasn’t a steroid cheater. Best player the Mets ever had and, ironically after how he dominated the Big Red Machine, in the 73 playoffs, the best Pitcher the Reds ever had.

    Tom had it all. Accuracy, timing, killer fastball, a soul crushing change up and a nearly unhittable breaking pitch.

    I have Seaver as my #1 pick at pitcher in my all Time fantasy team. By WAR statistics and not including steroid cheater Clemens he is the best pitcher all time who did not pitch in the deadball era when pitchers had an overwhelming advantage.

    Those of you to young to have not seen Seaver pitched missed out on one of the greatest pitchers ever.

    RIP Tom.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Rest In Peace Tom Terrific. Best pitcher I’ve ever seen that wasn’t a steroid cheater. Best player the Mets ever had and, ironically after how he dominated the Big Red Machine, in the 73 playoffs, the best Pitcher the Reds ever had.

    Tom had it all. Accuracy, timing, killer fastball, a soul crushing change up and a nearly unhittable breaking pitch.

    I have Seaver as my #1 pick at pitcher in my all Time fantasy team. By WAR statistics and not including steroid cheater Clemens he is the best pitcher all time who did not pitch in the deadball era when pitchers had an overwhelming advantage.

    Those of you to young to have not seen Seaver pitched missed out on one of the greatest pitchers ever.

    RIP Tom.
    Just saw this. Tom Terrific and The "Amazin' Mets" of 1969 out of nowhere.
    I feel like the 70's were golden for MLB. Who could forget the 1975 series between Cincinnati and Boston?

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Just saw this. Tom Terrific and The "Amazin' Mets" of 1969 out of nowhere.
    I feel like the 70's were golden for MLB. Who could forget the 1975 series between Cincinnati and Boston?
    Got to throw in Tom Terrific was a Trojan as well! Haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Got to throw in Tom Terrific was a Trojan as well! Haha.
    I was an effective pitcher in high school. 12-1 with a 0.96 ERA my Senior year. I learned how to throw most of my repertoire of pitches watching Tom Seaver how to clips on TV. It helped that he played for my beloved Reds at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Rest In Peace Tom Terrific. Best pitcher I’ve ever seen that wasn’t a steroid cheater. Best player the Mets ever had and, ironically after how he dominated the Big Red Machine, in the 73 playoffs, the best Pitcher the Reds ever had.

    Tom had it all. Accuracy, timing, killer fastball, a soul crushing change up and a nearly unhittable breaking pitch.

    I have Seaver as my #1 pick at pitcher in my all Time fantasy team. By WAR statistics and not including steroid cheater Clemens he is the best pitcher all time who did not pitch in the deadball era when pitchers had an overwhelming advantage.

    Those of you to young to have not seen Seaver pitched missed out on one of the greatest pitchers ever.

    RIP Tom.
    I got to watch Randy Johnson pitch. Of course, I only got to see him play/win a WS as a Diamondback, so, that sucked. Magic Mets!!

    What do you think of Christy Mathewson as an all-time great?

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    Never heard of. I knew Johnny Vandermeer, though.

    Also Vernon Law.

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    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Just saw this. Tom Terrific and The "Amazin' Mets" of 1969 out of nowhere.
    I feel like the 70's were golden for MLB. Who could forget the 1975 series between Cincinnati and Boston?
    Not I. Best World Series in my life. The 86 series was pretty close.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaz View Post
    I got to watch Randy Johnson pitch. Of course, I only got to see him play/win a WS as a Diamondback, so, that sucked. Magic Mets!!

    What do you think of Christy Mathewson as an all-time great?
    Absolutely he was and his career was cut short by WWI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Not I. Best World Series in my life. The 86 series was pretty close.
    The first WS I ever followed were 92/93. Gave me an appreciation for Toronto, and in 1994 my school voted to adopt the Blue Jay as the new mascot. Brian Bassett of Adam @ Home fame did the artwork.

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