Word: tomming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...When Tom Seaver's contract talks began, the New York Mets first insulted the man known as their "franchise" by threatening to trade him. That is no way to comfort a three-time winner of the Cy Young Award, which goes to the best pitcher in each league. Then they signed Seaver to a three-year contract worth an estimated $690,000, but which includes incentive clauses of dubious legality...
...owners are hustling to accommodate the newly powerful stars. After a bitter word battle between the New York Mets management and their suddenly Not-So-Terrific Tom, the contract Seaver has ended up with reportedly pays him $230,000 for 1976, plus $5,000 "for each game he would normally start" after he wins his 19th. If he wins fewer than 18, he agrees to take a 10% cut next year-unless injuries or lack of support from teammates keeps him from winning that many. Exactly how this squares with Major League Rule 3A is yet to be decided...
...agrees to marry Arthur, and Stomil (effectively portrayed by Tom Champion) also finds his orchestrated chaos turned to order by his son. Arthur finally convinces his father to assert his masculinity in a conventional, gun-toting way, but soon brute force supplants indoctrination in the son's effort to use "tradition" as the key to the future. Once the family agrees to the traditional marriage and accepts "order," Arthur begins to seek other answers; from "order" he shifts to "death," and then to "power...
...Tom Repps in the "A" division and Tony Leggett in "B" division wound up only a point behind the Engineers. The top five teams, along with the top five in the eliminations on the Charles (won by Tufts, followed by Dartmouth and URI) qualify for the championships...
...little advice from real experts before I got there: Mark O'Donnell, who was never in the contest himself but writes all the plays for the Hasty Pudding, told me late at night in the Rendezvous restaurant that if you believe your speech it's a lot better. And Tom Wright, who was in it once but lost, collided with me in Emerson and said with his eyes fixing on me intently before he disappeared into a class, Don't let them intimidate you, don't be scared...