Tony Gwynn

[Saxman]

Wow, it's been a rough week already. MLB modern legend Tony Gwynn has passed at the age of 52.

One of the game's great class acts.

[mthrockmor]

 

[SmokinLoon]

Tony was one of those rare guys who was damned good at what he did and still held himself to a higher standard as a person.  He never fell in to the ego-trap, and he always stayed humble.   The amount of good he did not only for the Padres but for baseball in general is almost immeasurable.  Losing the likes of Tony Gwyn, Cary Carter, and a host of other gentlemen of baseball is truly sad.

[Devil 505]

 

[Rich46yo]

Yeah a classy act. I saw him play a few times and he was one of the few that would draw an ovation from the Wrigley bleachers. We knew we had the rare treat of seeing a super star and he never failed to doff his cap when he got one. A lifetime BA of .338, OBP of .388, and SLG of .459 is astounding. This guy was one of the hardest strike outs in baseball. Im saddened by this news.

[Triton28]

RIP Tony.   

[Saxman]

Yeah a classy act. I saw him play a few times and he was one of the few that would draw an ovation from the Wrigley bleachers. We knew we had the rare treat of seeing a super star and he never failed to doff his cap when he got one.

I remember when he was sitting on 2999 hits when he came into St. Louis for a three game set. Didn't get to go to any of the three games, but I watched them on TV, and the crowd reaction every time he came up to bat was deafening. The crowd WANTED to see him do it. It didn't matter that he was an opposing player, the Cards fans wanted to see history. He ended up taking an 0-for in the series, and got 3000 the very next game after leaving St. Louis (IIRC, it was a series in Montreal).

Afterwards, Gwynn remarked that if he couldn't have gotten 3000 at home in San Diego, his second choice would have been during that set in St. Louis.

[Changeup]

Tony Gwynn.. One of the toughest outs in the history of the game, 18th toughest to be exact.  Lotsa folks lower than that.

You will be missed

[68ZooM]

 truly a great person on the field and off the field, he will be sorely missed.

[rpm]

Didn't get to see him play much because the Rangers are an AL team, but he was always a class act. I heard his death was linked to using smokeless tobacco.

[Hajo]

Didn't get to see him play much because the Rangers are an AL team, but he was always a class act. I heard his death was linked to using smokeless tobacco.

I've" dipped" Cope for 38 years.  maybe time to rethink this habit.

[Changeup]

I've" dipped" Cope for 38 years.  maybe time to rethink this habit.

Ima long cut guy myself and I'm giving it second thoughts as well.  33 years.

[Randy1]

Probably will see a lot of mouth cancer in the nuclear industry.  You couldn't smoke but you could chew.  Lots of guys switched over especially with the some of the big name nascar drivers with chewing tobacco sponsors on their cars when it was still the Winston cup.

[Ack-Ack]

Tony Gwynn was a class act, he was my favorite Padres player.  Glad my father ponied up for season tickets when I was a kid in San Diego, watching Tony Gwynn play always brought you out of your seat.  He was a pretty good outfielder too, until his belly got a little too rotund and he couldn't run after the ball as quickly.

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