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...hapless Mets as a scout in 1961 and took over as G.M. six years later. He helped land Gil Hodges as field manager, traded for such stars as Donn Clendenon, Tommie Agee and Al Weis. Perhaps most important of all was his refusal last spring to trade Pitchers Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman, who subsequently performed the miracle of Shea Stadium...
...then the Mets got tired of losing. They acquired a new breed of men; men who had been raised on a Breakfast of Champions, men with strong, clean names like Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. And suddenly they began to win. In the year 1969, the Amazin's beat out the Chicago Cubs for their division title; then they whipped the boys from Atlanta soundly to win the National League pennant...
...only Met ever to lose a World Series game," said Pitcher Seaver, and everyone laughed. But Seaver did not really think losing was particularly amusing, and he reminded everyone, "God is not only alive and well in New York, but the Mets pay his rent...
...primary source of Met strength this year lay in the fluid arms of Pitchers Tom Seaver (season record: 25-7) and Jerry Koosman (17-9), who were backed up by a supporting cast of splendid young hurlers. But with the exception of Ryan, the 22-year-old righthander who tossed seven innings of brilliant baseball in the final game, the pitchers were way below par during the playoffs. In the first two games Seaver and Koosman compiled embarrassing earned-run averages...
...opening-week guests were Mets Pitcher Tom Seaver and the latest star of Broadway's The Great White Hope, Yaphet Kotto, whose name Namath mispronounced even though he had inked it phonetically on his palm. Most of the interrogation and badinage revolved around Joe's booze-and-broads approach to athletic training. Namath suggested that they drop the subject when he spotted Mrs. Seaver in the audience...