Tom Seaver, the first huge star for the fledgling NY Mets, has been diagnosed with dementia and will retire from public life.
He will miss the Mets 50th anniversary of their 1st, and improbable, World Series win in 1969.
Seaver went 25-7 that year and won 2 post season games, with one loss. He was 311-205 lifetime and is largely considered one of the best pitchers of all-time.
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That’s sad. Such a debilitating affliction….just look what it’s done to Nasty ass pelosi!
The trick is catching it before you’re diagnosed.
That’s just terrible. A tremendous pitcher.
I know you are a long time Mets fan, Fur. My condolences to Mr. Seaver, his family and to Bigfurhat and all Mets fans and all baseball fans.
Just damn.
He’ll always be known for his crazy fast ball.
My all time favorite player . Sad day
Dementia is the Devil’s ass. Lazlo’s Sainted Mother was stricken.
The ones who are trying to help the one who has it become the enemy.
I want to escape all that by doing crazy shit as I get older.
Not a good story. Living it here too. It’s tough.
I am sorry to hear this about Tom Seaver, I wouldn’t wish dementia on anyone. My mom had Sundowners which is a form of dementia which mainly came out at night after my dad and I were trying to sleep. She was OK for the most part during the day but when the sun went down even with medication she was plain bat shit crazy. She was constantly up and down all night, into things, seeing things, hearing things and just a great big pain in the ass. I had many sleepless nights or very little sleep keeping my eye on her trying to calm her down, sometimes it worked a lot of times it didn’t. She didn’t who know she was or where she was or who we were at times especially my brother who she threatened to kick out of the house more than once. She was fiercely independent and insisted on doing things her way, hid stuff including the cat food which I couldn’t find for quite awhile and you didn’t want to piss her off because she’d go ballistic including one time when I swear I was dealing with a hissing, snarling Gollum like spirit which scared the hell out of me. All we could do at times was just to keep her quiet and hope she could sleep and not wake up in the middle of the night looking for stuff or wanting to do the dishes or vacuum the house or just trying to sneak out late at night. We were afraid we’d find her down the street running around naked, screaming her head off not knowing where she was or who she was. It was not fun and after my dad died last February it got worse until my brother and I finally had to put her in a facility that took care of crazy people which was a blessing for her and for us, my brother and I were burned out and didn’t know what else to do before she also died just before Mother’s day last yr. It was a very trying last year of her life and I wouldn’t want to do it again because she was my mom but not my mom when she went crazy.
Geoff, it’s a nightmare that can’t be described. It breaks people’s hearts.
Geoff I feel for you brother.
y? I need to pay more attention to my iPad screen and where my fat fingers are. y should be joe6pak.
I’ve got a family member starting into it now. Not bad enough that’s it’s completely obvious, so this person has most of the family fooled. They are suspicious of us three who can see the train wreck coming, and think we have a problem. Consequently there are strained relationships all over the board. The collateral damage sucks. Eventually it will come out and the relationships will be restored, but for now it’s hard.
I work with dementia patients every week. His case must be pretty advanced to miss the anniversary. BTW my mom suffers from dementia which is progressing quickly.
My Pops has Sundowners and it’s exactly as Geoff describes, same exact behaviors, we finally had to commit him to a Memory Care Facility (lib definition of Octegenarian Nut House) this week for his and our safety.
Two years of hell watching a brilliant, gentle, loving man deteriorate into a hateful monster…makes a sudden parental death look like mercy.
Tom Terrific aka “the Franchise” will fight this just like he fought the Cardinals, Cubs and Pirates. No major league hitter owned Tom Seaver, he owned them with a 101 mph fastball at their knees. He isn’t dead yet and I disagree with locking theses folks away after diagnosis. The person with dementia isn’t aware of whats going on, they are in bliss. It is those around him or her who have the problem, get over it. Again locking these people away so no one sees them is unnecessary. Tom Terrific with or without dementia is still Tom Seaver.
My mom was diagnosed with dementia after a car crash head injury and a craniotomy. Was told it would get progressively worse until the end.
It did eventually become extremely bad with my sisters household and my household alternatively caring for her, with daytime caregiver service.
Just before the insurance maximum was reached on caregiver service, a minor prescription change was made by a doctor for unrelated reasons and she made a miraculous mental recovery.
She now functions as 95% of her former self. Cooks and cares for herself. No driving! She’s learning to use a smartphone again and back on Facebook.
A full blown miracle.
Junopapa, that is really great news!
Glad to read a good story
I was a big Yankee fan back when Seaver was pitching for the Mets and all I can say is “The Franchise” is the perfect nickname. I remember my older relatives, all big Yankee fans, dismissing the Mets as a joke… until Seaver came along. I can’t think of too many players who turned a team’s culture around to the degree that Seaver did for the Mets. One of the greatest pitchers ever.