Tom Seaver was, without question, the most influential New York Mets‘ player of all time. He was the idol of a generation of avid sports fans, a true warrior on the mound and a gentleman outside of the diamond. He passed away this week, at 75 due to a battle with dementia and COVID-19, but his legacy in American sports is intact.
Fellow athletes, teams, former teammates, fans, media members and the whole baseball industry in general have shared experiences with “Tom Terrific,” also known as “The Franchise” because of his importance to the New York Mets of the sixties and seventies.