{"id":174671,"date":"2019-06-28T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=174671"},"modified":"2019-06-28T16:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T21:41:20","slug":"tom-seaver-to-get-statue-stadium-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=174671","title":{"rendered":"Tom Seaver to get statue, Stadium address"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"New York\u00a0 (AP)\u00a0 Tom Seaver will be getting a statue outside the home of the New York Mets, and the team will get a new address.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Citi Field will now be listed as 41 Seaver Way in honor of the Hall of Fame pitcher\u2019s number. The 74-year-old Seaver has dementia and could not attend Thursday\u2019s announcement. But daughter Sarah Seaver says her father is proud to know he \u201cvery much will be remembered.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 She said her parents are honored.<\/p>\n

“This is so very appropriate because he made the New York Mets the team that it is,” said Ron Swoboda, who played with Seaver on the 1969 Miracle Mets championship team. “He gave them credibility.”<\/p>\n

Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said it might be a year to 18 months before the statue of 9 to 12 feet is in place, allowing liberty for the “artist doing his thing.”<\/p>\n

A number of former teammates were on hand in tribute to the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner.<\/p>\n

“He deserves the recognition,” pitcher Jerry Koosman said. “I’m glad he’s getting it.”<\/p>\n

Added outfielder Cleon Jones: “He set an example for all the guys to follow.”<\/p>\n

Seaver went 311-205 with a 2.86 ERA and was a five-time 20-game winner across his 20-year career. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992, selected on 425 of 430 ballots for a then-record 98.8 percent.<\/p>\n

Now his legend will live on in front of 41 Seaver Way.<\/p>\n

“We really do walk together forever,” Swoboda said.<\/p>\n

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