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WOULDN’T COMMENT ON THE CAUSE OF

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DEATH, CITING THE ONGOING

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INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE AND

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A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT.

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>>> THE WORLD OF BASEBALL IS

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MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF THE

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BEST EVER TO TAKE THE MOUND.

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HALL OF FAME PITCHER TOM SEAVER.

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HE DIED WEDNESDAY FOR

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COMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA AND

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COVID-19.

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KATHY PARK IS AT CITY FIELD HERE

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IN NEW YORK WITH A LOOK BACK AT

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HIS LEGENDARY CAREER.

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GOOD MORNING.

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>> Reporter: HEY, HODA.

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GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

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YEAH, IT REALLY IS A SAD DAY FOR

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BASEBALL.

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TOM SEAVER WAS THE ICON.

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IN THE LATE ’60s, SEAVER AND HIS

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GOLDEN ARM WOULD TURN THINGS

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AROUND FOR THE NEW YORK METS.

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CONSIDERED ONE OF THE WORST

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TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE AT THE TIME.

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BECOMING WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.

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THIS MORNING, HE’S BEING

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REMEMBERED FOR HIS DEDICATION

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AND PASSION FOR THE GAME.

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ANOTHER GREAT, HANK AARON, IS

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REMEMBERING SEAVER AS ONE OF THE

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TOUGHEST PITCHERS HE’S EVER HAD

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TO FACE.

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>> TOM SEAVER, ALL-STAR, ALL

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EVERYTHING.

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>> Reporter: THEY CALLED HIM TOM

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TERRIFIC AND THE FRANCHISE.

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TOM SEAVER MORE THAN LIVED UP TO

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THE LOFTY NICKNAMES, WINNING

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THREE CY YOUNG AWARDS AS THE

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LEAGUE’S BEST PITCHER, AND 12

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ALL-STAR APPEARANCES IN A CAREER

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SPANNING 20 YEARS.

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>> BOB SEAVER HAS PITCHED HIS

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FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE NO-HITTER!

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>> Reporter: INCREDIBLE TALENT

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WAS OBVIOUS FROM THE START,

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WINNING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN

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1967 FOR THE NEW YORK METS.

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A TEAM THAT WAS SO BAD, IT LOST

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MORE THAN 100 GAMES THAT SEASON.

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BUT IN JUST TWO YEARS, WITH

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SEAVER LEADING THE WAY, THEY

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WENT FROM LOVABLE LOSERS TO THE

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MIRACLE METS.

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COMPLETING A MAGICAL RUN TO WIN

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THE 1969 WORLD SERIES.

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>> TOM SEA V EVER RUNS OUT TO TH

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MOUND, BASEBALL’S WINNINGEST

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PITCHER THIS YEAR.

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>> Reporter: SEAVER MASTERED THE

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MENTAL ASPECTS OF THE GAME, TOO,

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SAID HIS TEAMMATES.

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>> WHEN YOU’RE PITCHING,

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SELECTION OF PITCHES, PLACEMENT

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OF PITCHES, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL

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GAMES YOU PLAY WITH HITTERS.

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>> Reporter: SEAVER WAS JUST ONE

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OF TWO PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE

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HISTORY WITH 300 WINS, 3,000

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STRIKEOUTS, AND AN EARNED RUN

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AVERAGE UNDER 3.0.

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>> HIGH TO LEFT, PLAYABLE.

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UNDERNEATH IT.

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HISTORY.

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>> Reporter: SEAVER APPEARED

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HERE ON "TODAY" IN 1989 TO

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DISCUSS ANOTHER PITCHING

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LEGEND’S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT,

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NOLAN RYAN’S 5,000th STRIKEOUT.

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>> I PLAYED 20 YEARS.

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I HAD 3,600 SOME ODD STRIKEOUTS.

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I’M 1,400 BEHIND THE GUY.

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I’M, LIKE, SEVEN YEARS BEHIND

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HIM, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.

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>> Reporter: SEAVER WAS ELECTED

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TO THE HALL OF FAME IN 1992 WITH

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THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTES

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EVER AT THE TIME.

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>> ANYONE WOULD THINK A YOUNG

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KID FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA,

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WOULD EVER END UP IN

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COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK.

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YOU SAY, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN IT

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HAPPEN?

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IT CAN HAPPEN VERY EASILY WHEN

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YOU HAVE THE KINDS OF FRIENDS,

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THE KINDS OF PEOPLE, THE KINDS

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OF SUPPORT, THE KINDS OF

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EDUCATION, AND, MOST

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IMPORTANTLY, THE KINDS OF FAMILY

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THAT I’VE HAD IN MY 40 YEARS OF

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LIVING.

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>> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, REACTION

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POURING IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

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FORMER METS PITCHER DWIGHT

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GOODIN TWEETING, EVERYONE KNOWS

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HE WAS A GREAT PITCHER, BUT HE

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WAS AN EVEN GREATER PERSON.

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FELLOW HALL OF FAMER MIKE PIATTE

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WRITING, HE WAS ALL EMBODIED IN

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A PLAYER AND A MAN.

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>> Reporter: AT THE FIELD, WE’RE

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REMEMBERING THIS BASEBALL GIANT.

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41 SEAVER WAY.

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41 HIS JERSEY NUMBER, AND YOU

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CAN SEE HIS PHOTO BEHIND ME.

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THIS BASEBALL GIANT WAS

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DIAGNOSED WITH LOUIE BODY

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DEMENTIA, THE DISEASE ROBIN

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WILLIAMS SUFFERED FROM BEFORE

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HIS DEATH SIX YEARS AGO.

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GUYS, BACK TO YOU.

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>> KATHY PARK, THANK YOU.

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DEMENTIA AND COVID-19.

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>> THIS IS HUGE NEWS HERE IN NEW

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YORK.

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FRONT AND BACK PAGE OF THE "NEW

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YORK DAILY NEWS."

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THE GREATEST MET OF ALL TIME.

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MOST METS FANS AGREE WITH THAT.

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IF YOU DIDN’T GROW UP IN NEW

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YORK AND WEREN’T A METS FAN IN

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1969, WHEN THEY HAD BEEN THE

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LAUGHINGSTOCK OF THE LEAGUE, AND

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HE LIFTED THEM TO THE WORLD

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SERIES, IT CHANGED EVERYTHING

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FOR THAT FRANCHISE.

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I LOVE THE HUMILITY IN HIS

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VOICE, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND

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AGAIN.

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>> THE HALL OF FAME SPEECH WAS