Tom Seaver on MLB TV

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Originally posted by jerseydad:

Tom Seaver just made my top 5 list of guys I would like to have dinner with. (Pee Wee Herman just got bumped)

Just don't make that dinner and a movie.

I saw that a few weeks ago and I wholeheartedly agree. It was a great interview. I had my son come up and watch it. Hopefully some sank in.

Seaver seems like a great guy and his insights on how he approaches batters, makes adjustments to his mechanics and how he approaches a batter depending on the game situation were truly fascinating. He did discuss pitch counts as well and said even back then, the pitchers were on pitch counts. Just a lot higher than they are now. He said his pitch count was 135 pitches. He also mentioned Nolan Ryan's was around 150 and Jerry Koosman was 145. He said he was very aware of his pitch count and how he changed the way he approached hitters when he knew he was nearing it. Very good.

He also told a pretty cool story relating to a Hall of Fame dinner. If you can catch it, it is a must see.

For Seaver is one of the greatest pitchers ever but not quite so as a person

For those of you who did not see it, here is a link to it. Just watched it again and it is worth a look:

http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video...?mid=200903313995573