Random You Tube Magic: Seaver's 300th Win

With Tom Glavine's 300th victory fast approaching (and he goes for win number 298 tonight against Cincinnati), here's a trip down memory lane to remember another Met named Tom who if not for Frank Cashen, might have also won his 300th game as a New York Met.

Mets fans flocked Yankee Stadium to see Tom Seaver win his 300th career game with the Chicago White Sox, and it almost sounded like Shea after he got Don Baylor to fly out to left field for the final out on August 4th, 1985. He would have done it as a Met had Cashen had not left Seaver off the protected list after the 1983 season, mistakenly thinking that nobody would claim a 39 year old pitcher who went 9-14. Seaver went on to win 31 games in his first two seasons with Chicago, before battling injuries and a trade in his final season, 1986. (Odd note: Seaver leaving the Mets rotation opened up a rotation spot for none other than the 1984 rookie of the year, Dwight Gooden.)

As you watch this video, look for cameos by a rookie White Sox shortstop named Ozzie Guillen, and a young coach who would make his managerial debut a year later, named Jim Leyland.