Tom Seaver: 1944 - 2020
“It’s a sad day in Metsville. We lost our star and our leader.” -Ed Kranepool [ESPN]
In 1969, the Mets won a game in late May to reach .500 at the deepest point in a season since their debut. The beat writers wanted to celebrate the accomplishment and get quotes from the players to support the narrative.
“I hated — hated — the idea that we were always looked at through the prism of how bad the team had been. I was serious.