Looking back at Tom Seaver’s 10 most memorable games

Tom SeaverFORT MYERS, Fla. — The beauty of a bountiful career is that is can be measured beyond the individual snapshots that comprise it. Ask a Mets fan of a certain vintage about Tom Seaver and it’s possible he might not even be able to tell you about his favorite moment because they blend together, because as a whole the 198 wins he collected in a Mets uniform mean just as much as any of them broken out of the pile.

But, let’s face it: One of the fun things about caring about sports is the parts of the pile.

Tom Seaver was my first sports hero. I can’t say that I saw his whole career because he made his debut as a Met exactly 103 days after I was born. So I didn’t see all of these games.…