PORT ST. LUCIE — When 41 Seaver Way is officially unveiled, when the Tom Seaver statue takes its rightful place at Citi Field in 2020, Seaver will be walking with his teammates … forever.
Never forget that.
Ron Swoboda made that clear at First Data Field on Thursday, when he was joined by his 1969 teammates Jerry Grote and Wayne Garrett in the Mets dugout.
“Let’s not talk about Tom like he’s gone,’’ Swoboda said of the Hall of Famer. “Tom is still out there in Calistoga [Calif.] and he is going to walk out into the vineyard when he feels up to it.