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Tony was the definition of class act. He remained loyal to the Padres when he could have chased more $$. I had met him numerous times during spring training and he was amazing with the fans year after year. Unlike the knuckleheads he played with or against Tony treated all with respect. This sucks big time. Gonna miss him

RIP.

Really wanted to see him beat the Yankees that one time.

Tony Gwynn in available data is the only person to hit over .300 ( .302 ) in two strike counts. The next closest is Wade Boggs at .262.

Here's a bunch of Tony Gwynn videos on mlb, intermixed with a couple plays and Jeter's rerirement tour ball cupping.


http://m.mlb.com/video/v33770083/twib-t ... 6_26099596

Yup - agreed on all the above. This one hurts. I'm not even remotely a Padres fan, but you can't help but have the utmost respect for class act like Gwynn.

Best pure hitter of his generation. RIP

will always remember him for his name rhyming with his teammate Marvell Wynne

Harry Caray would always goof on that too.

"Gwynn and Wynne", he would say

Bassmaster1984 wrote:Tony was the definition of class act. He remained loyal to the Padres when he could have chased more $$. I had met him numerous times during spring training and he was amazing with the fans year after year. Unlike the knuckleheads he played with or against Tony treated all with respect. This sucks big time. Gonna miss him

Tony was classy. You are right, he treated fans well.

I was about 22 and went to see the Padres play the Astros. I'm was talking to TG and Crimedog.
Benito Santiago walks out and a kid , around 13 , walks up to him and asks for his autograph.
BS says "Why would I sign something, your just gonna lose it".

The kid looks at him and says "You're an asshole".

TG , Crimedog and I bust out laughing. Santiago walks off with his tail between his legs. You could hear his teammates losing it.

Mongo wrote:

Bassmaster1984 wrote:Tony was the definition of class act. He remained loyal to the Padres when he could have chased more $$. I had met him numerous times during spring training and he was amazing with the fans year after year. Unlike the knuckleheads he played with or against Tony treated all with respect. This sucks big time. Gonna miss him

Tony was classy. You are right, he treated fans well.

I was about 22 and went to see the Padres play the Astros. I'm was talking to TG and Crimedog.
Benito Santiago walks out and a kid , around 13 , walks up to him and asks for his autograph.
BS says "Why would I sign something, your just gonna lose it".

The kid looks at him and says "You're an asshole".

TG , Crimedog and I bust out laughing. Santiago walks off with his tail between his legs. You could hear his teammates losing it.

Damn I forgot McGriff played for the Padres, that dude got around but I'll always remember him as a Blue Jay and a Brave, great story too. I was robbed of watching Gwynn play thanks to the 94' strike, Me and a couple friends were gonna go watch a phils/padre game while I was visiting Oceanside, fuck was I pissed.

fat fuck choked on a ham sandwich