Tom Seaver
Tom Seaver
George Thomas "Tom" Seaver, nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseballpitcher. He pitched from 1967 to 1986 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the second highest percentage ever recorded, and is one of two...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth17 November 1944
CityFresno, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's enough. You've fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!'
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
Pitch within yourself.
My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out, sometimes by striking them out.
It's (baseball) on the radio and in the newspapers every day, the only game you can follow on that basis. From whatever arm's length you choose, it's always there.
These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that. Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They’d be telling our soldiers: ‘That’s enough. You’ve fired too many bullets from your rifle this week!’
If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.
There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.
A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.
Fenway is the essence of baseball
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted, if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
I don't remember ours at all because at the time it was nothing special, ... It's what you were expected to do and what we expected of ourselves.
My turn came in the San Francisco airport. I wore the wig and put shaving cream on my face and sang like crazy.
With his stature and the Cy Young Awards he has on his wall, he can say: 'No. I want to stay in there,' ... ... You've got to pitch seven innings, regardless of the score.