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Tom Terrific's All-Star Memories |
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Written by Marty Appel
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Wednesday, 16 January 2008 |
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 Tom Seaver was 22-year old rookie with
the hapless New York Mets in 1967, but a strong first half of the
season had made him the Mets’s lone All-Star selection.
He was
still in single digits on a career that would find him scaling 300
victories, and he spent most of that July 11 evening in the visiting
bullpen at Anaheim Stadium, hardly expecting to see action at all.
“Walt Alston was the manager,” said Seaver, “and even though Sandy Koufax had retired, he had Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Don Drysdale, Fergie Jenkins – more than enough to get him through nine. I couldn’t see getting in unless we went extra innings. But I was just thrilled to be there, thrilled to be among all these great players who I had watched on TV in All-Star Games just a year before.”
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 January 2008 )
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