Tom Seaver retiring from public life

[Robert Fischer]

Originally Posted by ultracapper

My son pitched a couple years at Cal-Bakersfield 2007-2009 and his pitching coach believed in this. Yes, Seaver was the poster boy for drop and drive, and actually, Ryan is more associated with the "Tall and Fall". Funny, as it would seem if you remember one thing about Nolan Ryan amongst anything, it was the power that seemed to come from his lower body.

Thanks. I was coached to be a tall-fall guy (probably because I was tall. College teammates called me the 'big unit'... wish i had his 95+ fastball to go w/ height). Was always looking for more leg power. You're correct with the tall fall actually being a Ryan thing. I remember trying to imitate the delivery and being impressed with the leg flexibility, range-of-motion, and strength in just stuff like the leg lift, and the stride.

Seaver polled 98.8% of the Hall of Fame votes. Amazing pitcher.

[ElKabong]

Easily one of the top five pitchers in my lifetime.

Easily one of the top five like able on air baseball personalities of all time.

Good guy, I feel bad for his struggles. He deserves better.

[ultracapper]

Originally Posted by ElKabong

Easily one of the top five pitchers in my lifetime.

Easily one of the top five like able on air baseball personalities of all time.

Good guy, I feel bad for his struggles. He deserves better.

I became a baseball junkie with the Pirate/Oriole World Series of 1971. Without doubt, Seaver was one of the premier pitchers since that time. Rjohnson, GMaddux, PMartinez, a few others, and Seaver sits amongst them very snugly.