Shame to see anyone pass so young.
He was one of the best hitters that era of baseball. (80's-90's).
RIP
Wow!
Wasn't he doing Play By Play this season? This is a shock to me.
Quote:Wow!
Wasn't he doing Play By Play this season? This is a shock to me.
Not sure, but he started receiving treatments for the big C in March.
Quote:Not sure, but he started receiving treatments for the big C in March.
He has been going through treatments for a few years I think. This was the first year he wasn't on the bench at San Diego State. There was also an article yesterday where his son said he wasn't doing well.
Gwynn himself stated it was likely because of smokeless tobacco use. Sad.
He struck out 434 times in 9,288 career at bats. Incredible. RIP.
This guy was such a phenomenal player and a true fan of the game.
At an All Star game several years back in Boston, Ted Williams was brought out in a wheel chair. Gwynn was more excited to see him there and to meet him than he was about the game itself. It was great to watch him. What was even better is the microphones were picking up the conversation very faintly, and he and Williams were talking about batting techniques. It was a hoot to see two of the best ever sharing tips.
RIP
Quote:This guy was such a phenomenal player and a true fan of the game.
At an All Star game several years back in Boston, Ted Williams was brought out in a wheel chair. Gwynn was more excited to see him there and to meet him than he was about the game itself. It was great to watch him. What was even better is the microphones were picking up the conversation very faintly, and he and Williams were talking about batting techniques. It was a hoot to see two of the best ever sharing tips.
RIP
I remember that All-Star game. Two greats, simply talking about a common passion, hitting a baseball.
Tony Gwynn was a pleasure to watch, and not only a great hitter, he was a great ambassador for the game of baseball
54, younger than me. It hardly seems possible.
RIP Tony Gwynn.
One of the best hitters of all time in MLB history.
I get more and more ticked off thinking about how he could have broke Williams .400 average during 1994, but it never happened because of the strike.
I hate to say this, but I feel like he wasted a good majority of his career in San Diego, put him on the Giants, or Braves teams back then and he could have won a ring or two.
My main memory of him was being angry that he was always beating out my favorite player (Andre Dawson) for the top vote getter for RF for the all star game. Sad to see him go; and far too soon.
Smokeless tobacco, so ingrained in the culture of baseball, was the apparent cause of his cancer. I hope in death he will save lives of those smokeless tobacco users who just got a glimpse of their future.
Quote:Smokeless tobacco, so ingrained in the culture of baseball, was the apparent cause of his cancer. I hope in death he will save lives of those smokeless tobacco users who just got a glimpse of their future.
And he's not the first. I remember Brett Butler getting throat cancer because of smokeless tobacco. He survived. Gwynn was not as lucky.
Quote:Smokeless tobacco, so ingrained in the culture of baseball, was the apparent cause of his cancer. I hope in death he will save lives of those smokeless tobacco users who just got a glimpse of their future.
I tried it when I was playing in HS. Several of the guys on my team used Skoal. I couldn't stand it, switched to sunflower seeds, and moved on.
Best pure hitter I ever watched and a really good guy. Sad to see him go.
