Edward Burns and Tom Seaver working on Miracle Mets documentary

Edward Burns and Tom Seaver working on Miracle Mets documentaryThe travails, injuries and controversies that led the New York Mets to cut ties with one-time can’t-miss pitcher Matt Harvey reminds people how rare the career of Mets great Tom Seaver really was.

Edward Burns, the “Brothers McMullen” director who is a lifelong Mets fan, is working with the Hall of Fame pitcher to direct a feature documentary on Seaver’s career and his role with the fabled 1969 Miracle Mets. That was as unlikely as man landing on the moon, the year when a franchise lovable in futility won 100 games and beat the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles to win the World Series.

“Tom has always been one of my idols,” said…