Distant Replay: Tom Seaver’s 300th victory

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Winning 300 games in a career is no small feat for a big league pitcher. But Tom Seaver did it during his Hall of Fame career, and he reached the milestone in a White Sox uniform. To honor and remember the late Seaver, Chuck Garfien and Chris Kamka go back and relive his 300th win from Aug. 4, 1985. The guys dive into everything that went into that White Sox matchup vs. the New York Yankees and take you back to that unforgettable game. (2:30) - The significance of Tom Seaver's 300th win as a part of White Sox history(14:02) - Background notes on the 1985 White Sox and Yankees squads(23:10) - Howard Cosell visited the booth during the game and talked with Hawk Harrelson(30:00) - White Sox manager Tony La Russa was ejected from the game(49:40) - Tom Seaver's thoughts after winning his 300th game

Transcript

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0:00.0	High to left, playable.
0:07.0	Reed Nichols, caps underneath it, history.
0:16.0	That is Hawk Harrelson, calling the final out of Tom Severs' 300th victory.
0:23.1	He pitched a game for the ages with the White Sox, 35 years ago at Yankee Stadium.
0:29.5	Hey, everyone's Chuck Arfeyn, and in this edition of Distant Replay on the White Sox Talk podcast,
0:33.6	brought to by WinTrust.
0:34.8	Chris Kamka and I are doing what we always do on
0:37.6	diss and replay. We're going deep, finding lost audio, unearthing forgotten facts and
0:43.7	stories about the game that have never been told or have completely been forgotten. And this
0:50.0	game is loaded with great stuff. At 40 years old, Siever pitched a complete game throwing 145
0:56.9	pitches. Don Drysdale and Hawk Harrelson called the game for the Sox. Howard CoSell joined them in the
1:01.7	booth. Tony Larusa got thrown out of the game. Billy Martin and Lou Pennell overcoach
1:07.1	of the Yankees was Phil Rizzuto Day, Richard Nixon was there, and so was I.
1:13.1	I was at this game. So sit back, relax,
1:16.2	and strap it down, because here comes. Tom
1:19.0	Severs' 300th victory on Distant replay
1:21.9	on the White Sox Talk Podcast.
1:24.7	White Sox, White Sox, Go, go. White Sox.
1:28.3	The ball hit deep way back.
1:30.3	Deep time,
1:31.3	Fats!
1:32.3	Holy cow!
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