Tony Peňa's Hr Next At Bat After Tom Seaver Chin Music (7-29-83)

[@ShawnC.T.]

R.I.P. Tom Seaver...

[@EBthere]

Both such great players and fun to watch .

[@edwardcricchio6106]

One was a Hall of Famer, perhaps one of the best right handed pitchers of all time. The other was a pretty good catcher who will never be in the Hall of Fame.

[@EBthere]

@@edwardcricchio6106 Pena was a 5x All Star and 4x Gold Glove winner and was a joy to watch play the game. He was great to me and you don't have to be in the HOF to be considered great.

[@edwardcricchio6106]

@ Great is a very subjective word, especially when describing baseball players. I'm spit balling here, but I'm guessing you are a Pirate fan. Seaver was a 12x All Star, won 311 games and struck out 3640 batters, pitched a no hitter and was great to me.

[@easygoing2479]

@@EBthere Penã could have been a HOF catcher had pitchers not realized he'd swing at anything. But he was good at going the other way to advance runners, and his defensive skills and toughness were stellar. In those regards he reminded me of Yadi. If Penã and Benito Santiago locked up in a catcher's duel, you were in for a treat watching them nail opposing base stealers.

[@albertjimenez7896]

That's baseball when it was played by grown-up men, not crybabies like we have now. LOL

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ralphus44]

Great to see Seaver pitching again. This was after he returned to the Mets from Cincinnati.

[@Landrew1980]

8-13

[@MrPlowboy66]

Old school baseball right there.

[@popsstargell1038]

Game winner!

[@gingindaddy]

Different game back then, professional pitcher didn’t throw at his head, ball got away. Professional hitter hit a mistake pitch, did what a professional is supposed to do with a mistake. Seaver knew it was a HR before the ball got to home plate, didn’t pout or curse, just got ready for the next hitter. Peña ran around the bases, went to the bench to put on his gear.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

just like 95% of players today & fyi i've seen plenty of vids from 70s & before guys rushing mound, throwing bats, etc--take off the rose colored glassed gramps

[@brianfergus839]

2:04 Bob Skinner says 👍

[@lindseywalker6925]

Seaver knew immediately

[@richardm3773]

Tony Pena homerun into the Mets bullpen not Pirates

[@chesteralexander4363]

That’s how you respond to a knockdown pitch. The following pitch or the following at bat you hit the ball out of the park.

[@jct6758]

And there was no punk celebration. Imagine that?

[@Phone-sh7jg]

Why we all hate modern baesbol

[@davidmitchell6873]

I saw some kids playing on your lawn pap pap.

[@sludge8506]

Old man alert!! I thought I smelled something.

[@jct6758]

@ success does have aroma. Sludge fits you well

[@nicolas4you]

That was actually a good pitch by Seaver Pena just guess right and drove it the other way. This was when baseball was baseball the American pastime.

[@sludge8506]

Pena’s line against righties was .246/.295/.341. Against lefties: .293/.341/.416.

[@EugBaseball]

Great knowledge

[@davidgreene2505]

TOM TERRIFIC. G.O.A.T.

[@radar0412]

Nothing malicious. That ball got away from Seaver. You could tell by how off balanced he was.

[@mrlafayette1964]

I agree, and Pena being a catcher knows that that happens to every pitcher sometimes.

[@bnegs521]

Tom Seavers last year 1983.

[@luisvenitucci5665]

No, he was a White Sox, 84,85, and part of 86, then was traded to Boston late 86.

[@bnegs521]

@luisvenitucci5665 I meant with the Mets. I can't believe I didn't finish that sentence. 😒

[@Barracuda71-ln3jr]

@@bnegs521 I at least knew what you meant.

[@bnegs521]

@@Barracuda71-ln3jr my bad.