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Tom Seaver's Erection

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 04 2021 04:19 PM

Biked by Citifield today. No sign that a Tom Seaver statue is in progress.

kcmets Dec 04 2021 04:39 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I was wondering about this this week. I imagine once ready and erect, the insertion will be quite swift. You'd think there would be some foundation there by now ready for placement.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 04 2021 05:06 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Do we know where at the stadium it's going to be placed? Anywhere near the apple?

kcmets Dec 04 2021 05:45 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I thought it was going by The Seaver Gate, but google says it's gonna be by the apple which is better since more centrally located I suppose.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 26 2021 11:31 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Still nothing today

Edgy MD Dec 26 2021 11:42 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Tom was a union man. Maybe he's been locked out.

kcmets Dec 26 2021 11:46 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Slackers, the whole lot of 'em.

stevejrogers Feb 25 2022 07:40 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Meanwhile, the next Wrigley Field statue is apparently chilling in Ferguson Jenkins' garage! https://twitter.com/fergieajenkins/status/1496640363263627265?s=21 On a more Metly note, on a recent Instagram post, Lunchbucket did spot preparations being made in a spot across from The Apple at Citi Field.

Johnny Lunchbucket Feb 25 2022 08:32 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I biked by Citifield the other day. There's orange flexible fencing around a circular base but nothing there. Just to the right of the apple. I wouldn't;t anticipate a big statue if that turns out to be the spot

Benjamin Grimm Mar 12 2022 11:53 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Statue to be unveiled on Opening Day, April 15.

kcmets Mar 12 2022 12:07 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

CBSSports: Mets to reveal Tom Seaver statue at Citi Field before home opener vs. Diamondbacks

Edgy MD Mar 23 2022 12:58 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

You think it's in there by now, or this is just covering an empty pedestal? https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/seaver.jpg>

Willets Point Mar 23 2022 02:04 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

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kcmets Mar 23 2022 02:10 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Does CitiField have night-time security patrolling the grounds? Asking for a friend.

G-Fafif Mar 24 2022 11:45 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Statue apparently en route this morning. Armored car must not have been available. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mrsfl/status/1506735760610893830[/tweet]

A Boy Named Seo Mar 24 2022 11:49 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I love they rented a $19 u-haul truck and trailer but didn't pony up the extra $12 for the blankets to cover the statue.

kcmets Mar 24 2022 11:50 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Not to nit pick, but can't they do better for him than a truck rental from Home Depot or he like?

G-Fafif Mar 24 2022 11:56 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

“Now you sure you arranged for the statue to be delivered?” “Relax, Steve. My dad and I wouldn't sell you the team without taking care of every last detail. It's paid for and everything. Just call this number a couple of weeks before the official unveiling.”

Edgy MD Mar 24 2022 12:07 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

There's almost nothing about this that's not at least a little bit insane.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 24 2022 01:25 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I can't stop thinking about this. I know they used like 5 or 6 very sturdy straps to hold this expensive statue in place on this trailer, but that thing looks like it would topple on the gentlest of left- or right-hand turns.

Willets Point Mar 24 2022 01:37 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I hope it's not too tall to fit under bridges.

Willets Point Mar 24 2022 01:39 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I also hope this is photoshopped.

Edgy MD Apr 11 2022 04:21 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

The Mets have announced that Nancy Seaver is expected to be in attendance for the ceremonial introduction of the statue, as well as the couple's daughters Anne and Sarah.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 11 2022 04:36 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Edgy MD wrote: The Mets have announced that Nancy Seaver is expected to be in attendance for the ceremonial introduction of the statue.... I figured that. What are the odds she throws some good shade at the prior Mets owners?

Willets Point Apr 11 2022 06:49 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I remember crushing on Sarah Seaver when I saw her on Tom Seaver Day in 1988.

nymr83 Apr 11 2022 08:05 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Statue apparently en route this morning. Armored car must not have been available. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mrsfl/status/1506735760610893830[/tweet] This is just so METS its amazing.

G-Fafif Apr 12 2022 03:16 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

[tweet]https://twitter.com/snytv/status/1513987871367180289[/tweet]

Edgy MD Apr 13 2022 02:28 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Asking for a lot, maybe but it seems to me that if the Bronze Tom can ride up and down the LIE on a U-Haul trailer, it can be introduced on the field before being rolled to its permanent location and secured during the game.

ashie62 Apr 13 2022 02:34 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Statue apparently en route this morning. Armored car must not have been available. [tweet]https://twitter.com/mrsfl/status/1506735760610893830[/tweet] I just saw this. Imagine the reaction of a driverby This is just too too funny.

Frayed Knot Apr 13 2022 02:44 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

It occurs to me that perhaps a Tom Seaver rotunda and a Jackie Robinson statue would have been the better way to go.

nymr83 Apr 13 2022 04:48 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Frayed Knot wrote: It occurs to me that perhaps a Tom Seaver rotunda and a Jackie Robinson statue would have been the better way to go. This had occurred previously to everyone not named Wilpon.

Lefty Specialist Apr 15 2022 08:50 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

So it'll be right next to The Apple. They couldn't have spread them out a bit?

Fman99 Apr 15 2022 09:02 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Nancy looks good for 77, God bless her.

stevejrogers Apr 15 2022 09:06 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Lefty Specialist wrote: So it'll be right next to The Apple. They couldn't have spread them out a bit? I would have put him on the Shea mound plaque, but of him bowing to the Shea crowd during his number retirement ceremony.

G-Fafif Apr 15 2022 09:51 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Tom is home.

Edgy MD Apr 15 2022 12:20 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I approve. https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/BASEBALL-MLB-NYM-ARI_.jpg>

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 15 2022 01:19 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

That's a rock solid erection

Theoldmole Apr 15 2022 01:33 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Nice action figure, but does it really look like Tom?

Edgy MD Apr 15 2022 01:38 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

It does to my satisfaction. According to Sarah, the family was able to work with the sculptor throughout the process.

Edgy MD Apr 16 2022 08:30 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Full ceremony: [YOUTUBE]b3aR2AwspHw[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Apr 16 2022 09:37 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Nancy is home, too.

Marshmallowmilkshake Apr 16 2022 10:34 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Beautiful!

Edgy MD Apr 16 2022 05:03 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Somewhere in the 32nd minute, a NAN-CY SEA-VER! chant breaks out, and Cowbell Man's cowbell can be heard in the response.

Gwreck Apr 16 2022 08:28 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Frayed Knot wrote: It occurs to me that perhaps a Tom Seaver rotunda and a Jackie Robinson statue would have been the better way to go. This had occurred previously to everyone not named Wilpon. Tyler Kepner of the Times had a good take: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/sports/baseball/mets-home-opener.html The statue, by William Behrends, stands near the entrance to the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the grand entryway to the ballpark that Fred Wilpon built. Knock the Wilpons all you want for ignoring Mets history when the stadium opened, in 2009, but they understood that a tribute to Robinson would transcend team loyalties. The displays within the rotunda, which harkens to Ebbets Field, are a powerful and lasting reminder of the most important person in baseball history.

nymr83 Apr 17 2022 12:43 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

"Most important person in baseball history"? Then maybe Wilpon should donate to build a rotunda for him in Cooperstown.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 17 2022 12:49 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

"Most important person in baseball history"? That's the narrative that's been developing about Jackie Robinson over the last 20 or so years. In fact, one of the most important people in all of American history, not just baseball history, or sports in general

nymr83 Apr 17 2022 01:48 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

"Most important person in baseball history"? That's the narrative that's been developing about Jackie Robinson over the last 20 or so years. In fact, one of the most important people in all of American history, not just baseball history, or sports in general Good for Jackie, maybe I was wrong about Cooperstown. Wilpon can build him a Rotunda at the Smithsonian instead.

Frayed Knot Apr 17 2022 07:25 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Better that Jackie be considered as the 20th century civil rights leader second only MLK Jr rather than M. Ali who is sometimes touted (and grossly undeserving IMO) for that spot.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 09 2022 08:43 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

"Gives new meaning to the term "E-4" https://paullukas.bulletin.com/mets-seaver-statue-has-wrong-uni-number-font

Edgy MD May 09 2022 09:01 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Does a slightly inaccurate numeral matter that much in the grand scheme of things? Of course not. No, except a big, stupid part of me actually wants to die over this.

Gwreck May 09 2022 09:21 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I thought the sculptor's answers were reasonable and sensible. Am I missing something, or is this not a big deal at all?

batmagadanleadoff May 09 2022 09:24 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: "Gives new meaning to the term "E-4" https://paullukas.bulletin.com/mets-seaver-statue-has-wrong-uni-number-font Its mind boggling that so many people had to have missed that before the statue was completed. Kudos to the sculptor for fessing up to his mistake straight up without trying to come up with some insulting bullshit cover-up excuse like the Wilponesque "we're adding black prominently to the Mets uniforms because black was always one of the Mets colors" when informed of the mistake by Lukas.

batmagadanleadoff May 09 2022 09:27 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

=Gwreck post_id=91733 time=1652109676 user_id=56] I thought the sculptor's answers were reasonable and sensible. Am I missing something, or is this not a big deal at all?

Me, I think it's a huge deal, but yes, the sculptor was extremely honest about the whole thing. But your mileage may vary.

batmagadanleadoff May 09 2022 09:31 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Also, I would've noticed that mistake immediately, in like less than half a second, had I ever seen the back of the Seaver statue before today.

seawolf17 May 09 2022 12:20 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=91736 time=1652110310 user_id=68] Also, I would've noticed that mistake immediately, in like less than half a second, had I ever seen the back of the Seaver statue before today.

Yeah, same. Looking at the photo in the story, it looks obviously, glaringly incorrect. It's stunning that nobody caught it.

Edgy MD May 09 2022 12:25 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=91736 time=1652110310 user_id=68] Also, I would've noticed that mistake immediately, in like less than half a second, had I ever seen the back of the Seaver statue before today.

I imagine that something close to 100% of those reviewing the thing either received photos and specs that didn't include the back, or given a chance to review the whole thing, focused all their attention on the front.

Fman99 May 10 2022 12:23 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I thought the sculptor's answers were reasonable and sensible. Am I missing something, or is this not a big deal at all? Me, I think it's a huge deal, but yes, the sculptor was extremely honest about the whole thing. But your mileage may vary. I wish my life was simple enough that anything even remotely close to this counted as a "huge deal."

Willets Point May 10 2022 12:28 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

The Cristiano Ronaldo statue wishes its biggest problem was a font error. https://static1.purepeople.com/articles/0/22/93/90/@/3170755-ceremonie-a-l-aeroport-de-madeire-rebapt-114x114-3.jpg>

batmagadanleadoff May 11 2022 02:53 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Edgy MD wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=91736 time=1652110310 user_id=68] Also, I would've noticed that mistake immediately, in like less than half a second, had I ever seen the back of the Seaver statue before today. I imagine that something close to 100% of those reviewing the thing either received photos and specs that didn't include the back, or given a chance to review the whole thing, focused all their attention on the front.

I wonder if the Mets will ever get around to correct it? I imagine it could be fixed with a somewhat minimally invasive process. But I'm not really sure.

Edgy MD May 11 2022 02:56 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

The sculptor speaks to that in the interview. He seems to think it's doable but might be counterproductive. I would love it.

kcmets May 11 2022 04:01 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 11 2022 04:32 PM

Edgy MD wrote: The sculptor speaks to that in the interview. He seems to think it's doable but might be counterproductive. Right: [BLOCKQUOTE]UW: So here's the million dollar question: Is it possible to fix it, to make the “4” more historically accurate? WB: It could be done. It's not easy, though — once something's installed on-site, then it becomes much harder to do than if it were in a foundry setting. It's not unprecedented, but it would be quite a production. The hardest part would be matching the patina.[/BLOCKQUOTE] I say send it back and order a marble one with the right font!

Edgy MD May 11 2022 04:20 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

I'm not a sculptor (and I don't play one on TV), but if you replace both digits, an imperfectly matching patina may be a way to make a virtue of necessity, allowing his number to pop a little, and toss a few chips in the direction of celebrating players through their digits. It's a practice I mostly think has gone way overboard (I mean, Citi's Jackie Robinson sculpture is just a big pair of digits), but if it's likely to be a subtle difference anyhow, and it'll give the back view of the statue a little more to look at. A little color contrast isn't a sin if there's an internal logic to it. http://offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/statues/images/baseball/Robinson_Brooks_2A.jpg> (Calbert?)

seawolf17 May 12 2022 08:31 AM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

Boston has giant digit statues outside Fenway for all the retired number guys too.

Fman99 May 12 2022 09:02 PM Re: Tom Seaver's Erection

=seawolf17 post_id=92035 time=1652365903 user_id=91] Boston has giant digit statues outside Fenway for all the retired number guys too.

Of course, those guys also actually played for the team displaying their numbers.