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
But he fit in because he was a pro's pro.
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.
I think they all share a lot of the same characteristics. Great discipline. Great physical and mental strength. Great work ethic. Great focus.
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.
Fenway is the essence of baseball
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.
If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.
Only three or four outs directly affect the outcome of any given game...One of the greatest challenges of pitching is to recognize these critical situations and rise to the occasion with consistency and a competitive spirit.
There are only two places in this league, First Place and No Place.
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!’
There is no set numerical value you can put on a pitcher. Theyre all different.
Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms by pitching more, not less, starting from when they signed their first contract.
The good rising fastball is the best pitch in baseball.
The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of his/her own strengths.