Tom Terrific passes away - only 75

[bmattioli]

One my my favorites of all time.. RIP..

[Snapolit1]

Loved watching him pitch.

Have enjoyed his wine.

Met him once and he was really unnecessary nasty to me. Like bizarrely so.

Oh well. 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

[kailes2872]

I was just telling my wife that it is crazy to think that the Reds won the 75 & 76 World Series and then added one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball (Carlton, Palmer, Hunter, Seaver, and maybe Ryan). I only remember the back end of his career and never really saw him at his best.

What is weird for me is that he is really one of the first ones that I remember watching passing of somewhat natural causes. I know that it said that he had Covid-19 in the obit, but I remember the announcement of him no longer doing public appearances due to the onset of dementia (If I recall correctly - apologies if I am misremembering).

I am 48 and I remember watching players like Seaver, Bench, Rose, Brett, Schmidt, and the ilk on This Week in Baseball and thinking that they were super human the way the ran in slow motion and pitched in slow motion at the end of the show when the credits rolled. They are forever young etched in my memory and it makes me understand my own mortality when I think of Tom being gone.

[Snapolit1]

Lewy body dementia + Covid. Same dementia Robin Williams had.

Originally Posted by kailes2872

I was just telling my wife that it is crazy to think that the Reds won the 75 & 76 World Series and then added one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball (Carlton, Palmer, Hunter, Seaver, and maybe Ryan). I only remember the back end of his career and never really saw him at his best.

What is weird for me is that he is really one of the first ones that I remember watching passing of somewhat natural causes. I know that it said that he had Covid-19 in the obit, but I remember the announcement of him no longer doing public appearances due to the onset of dementia (If I recall correctly - apologies if I am misremembering).

I am 48 and I remember watching players like Seaver, Bench, Rose, Brett, Schmidt, and the ilk on This Week in Baseball and thinking that they were super human the way the ran in slow motion and pitched in slow motion at the end of the show when the credits rolled. They are forever young etched in my memory and it makes me understand my own mortality when I think of Tom being gone.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Lewy body dementia + Covid. Same dementia Robin Williams had.

And Bill Buckner too!

[JollyElm]

A very sad day.

As The Kinks said in "Come Dancing"..."Part of my childhood died, just died."

[Kenny Cole]

This is a really hard one for me. RIP Tom Terrific.

[boysblue]

So sad. Remembering Tom back in the 60s/70s makes it even sadder: a handsome, personable man, and the best pitcher of that era. He was Tom Terrific to this kid back in the day for sure.

RIP Mr. Seaver.

[marzoumanian]

How sad. I grew up in NJ and was 14 in 1969 when the Mets won the World Series. So I remember all the excitement vividly. What a wonderful human being. I had heard he was struggling. Thank you, Tom, for leading that team the way you did.
Years later I got very lucky. I was at Yankee Stadium on August 4, 1985 and witnessed Tom winning his 300th game pitching for the White Sox. RIP.
P.S. for trivia fans. That same day, August 4, 1985, Rod Carew got his 3000th hit on the West Coast.

[rjackson44]

Rest in peace class act

[hcv123]

and remember the 74 clearly the 74 Seaver card being the best card you could get out of a pack here in Long Island NY. He was definitely my childhood favorite. Dementia is a horrible disease - RIP!

[Seven]

It's a shame, however he is no longer suffering from such a cruel disease. Dementia is a terrible thing.

[painthistorian]

As a Long Islander since birth, we had our heroes and Tom Seaver was one of the keys. He was an extroadinary athlete, a fabulous personality that NY LOVED and a truly amazing family man, he will be missed. I was blessed to spend an hour with Tom & my family at Last Licks in Huntington in which I took a family photo with Tom and got it developed and he signed to us same night, he was impressed. We signed him one identical photo, also from my family to Tom Seaver, he loved that! and we all had ice cream together, one of life's amazing moments! I really will miss this amazing man.

[triwak]

R.I.P. Tom Terrific