hen I came to the Mets there was an aura of defeatism on the team; a feeling of let's get it over with. I could not accept that. Being brought up in California I was unaware of the legend of Marvelous Marv Throneberry. That lovable loser stuff was not funny to me." Photograph by James Drake Text by William Leggett Tom Seaver won the Cy Young Award as the winning pitcher for the World Championship Mets in 1969. The Mets' first true superstar, Seaver won two more Cy Young Awards, in 1973 and 1975, before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds in 1977. He returned to the Mets in 1983, then shuffled between several teams until his retirement in 1986. After retiring as a player, Seaver became an announcer for the New York Yankees.
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