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Honoring Seaver: SW Parra cartoon for Sept. 6, 2020

Tom Seaver, Fresno native and Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Mets.
Tom Seaver, Fresno native and Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Mets. swparra@gmail.com

In this editorial cartoon for The Fresno Bee, SW Parra remembers Tom Seaver, a Fresno High School graduate who went on to become a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Mets.

Seaver died this past week at the age of 75 from complications of dementia and COVID-19.

He is arguably Fresno’s most famous athlete. Among his accomplishments was being on the Mets’ 1969 World Champion team.

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