Mets fans stayed to end of Tom Seaver's 300th victory
This week's Sports Illustrated included an article from its "vault" on Tom Seaver's 300th victory, for the White Sox at Yankee Stadium in August of 1985.
It mentioned 54,032 cheered the conclusion of the event, but even if that many tickets were sold, I promise you there were not that many people in the stadium at the end.
The strange thing was that the Yankees-fan regulars had pretty much cleared out of the lower deck by then, but the upper deck still mostly was full - of cheering Mets fans.
That day also was memorable for a Yankees great being run over by a cow.
But that's another story.
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Neil,
Clearly this is a "quota" post.
Congrats, again, for saying what everybody always knows in third grade English.
And those watching at home saw Scooter and White make way for Lindsey Nelson to call the final out on channel 11. Now that's classy.
Not only did Lindsey call the final inning, but he did it in true "Lindsey Nelson style" as if he were doing it on radio , describing every detail! I still treasure the VHS tape my Dad recorded for me that day!