tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879473706233234375.post5373617139212413482..comments2024-02-03T11:23:20.737-05:00Comments on centerfield maz: Tom Seaver: Hall of Famer (Part One) the SixtiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879473706233234375.post-19311715007988547332012-12-28T18:44:39.787-05:002012-12-28T18:44:39.787-05:00It was A Tom Seaver Christmas.He was also the AP M...It was A Tom Seaver Christmas.He was also the AP Male Athlete of 1969,and the winner of the Hickock Belt.Finished 2nd in NL MVP to Willie McCovey.I would've traded his Cy Young Award to Juan Marichal for fellow Giant McCovey's MVP,because it was arguable that Marichal was actually the best pitcher in thr NL that year and as a veteran who had his best year deserved it.But there's no argument over which player had the greatest impact on his team : the man whose Hall of Fame plaque would refer to that historic time as having turned the Mets ”from lovable losers into formidable foes.”Little Tom Seaver (in 1969)noreply@blogger.com