Tom Seaver, one of the central figures in the NY Mets 1969 World Series victory, has died.
As I have mentioned before, Tom was one of those first "date" questions that ended up being common ground, for the Californian and the New Yorker.
Tom grew up a few blocks from where my Husband grew up, in Fresno, CA.
When I said that the only person I knew who came from Fresno, was Tom Seaver, my "date" said, yes, we grew up together and went to Fresno High. He was pretty scrany back in those days and did not grow to his full height, until his USC Days.
He showed me his yearbook and there was Tom.
Now, you don't marry a man because he knew someone you followed, back in the days when I was a Met Fan, but it was a touch point.
We have bought Tom's wine, for the past 5 years (and drank one of them). This last year, we knew he was battling alzheimer's (or so we thought), but the wine was offered and we bought some. We kind of knew his days as a gentleman winemaker were numbered.
That day came on August 31st, when he died of complications of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19. You can read about it HERE.
You will be missed, Tom.
Tom Seaver Was the Man who took the '69 Mets to the World Series, Then he went back to Fresno,CA To start selling Wine. He always was a great Man.
ReplyDeleteYep, back to his roots. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, the photo is a set of playing cards I got for 10 cents, back in the day. You have 4 Mets in the bunch. Rusty Staub, Ron Swoboda, Tom Seaver and Bud Harrelson.
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