From cheers to tears as idols pass away: Doug McIntyre

It was not unexpected, yet the headline still shocked me: “Seaver, the heart of the Miracle Mets, dies at 75.” I didn’t cry. Not a big strapping stoic manly-man like me. However, coincidentally, at that exact moment, I got something in my eye that made me blink back a tear.
“Tom Terrific” aka “The Franchise’s” struggles with dementia had been widely reported. He was a no-show last year for the Mets’ 50th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Wo