The INSANE Prime of Tony Gwynn: Mr. Padre

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  @Cam23 · 3 years ago · pinned

  Correction: 1947 not 1945 for Jackie Robinson’s first MLB season. On baseball reference I forgot they include Negro League stats so I saw the first year and went for it 😂

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  @sethtate2079 · 3 years ago

  Tony gwynn had such a good grasp of hitting that his physical ailments couldn't even slow him down.

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  @bigdogpete43 · 3 years ago

  Tony wore pitchers out.  He would foul off until he got his pitch, working them well into the count.  He had some of the longest at bats I ever saw.

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  @Dapper_Dean · 1 year ago

  Even though I&apos;m a Dodger fan. I was honored to have watched his whole career.<br>Because he was humble, a great player, and a great role model.<br>He was one of those players who got everyone&apos;s respect.<br>R.I.P. Mr. Padre... :face-red-heart-shape::trophy-yellow-smiling:

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  @videogamevalley7523 · 3 years ago

  Ultimate hitter and Ultimate person. He will be missed. RIP Mr Gwynn.

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  @Odin029 · 3 years ago

  There weren&apos;t as many games on TV when I was a kid, and I remember watching baseball with my dad and my uncles. One of the very few players they&apos;d actually quiet down to watch hit was Tony Gwynn.

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  @SconnerStudios · 3 years ago

  Out of the dozens of Hall of Famers I&apos;ve met, Gwynn ws BY FAR the nicest I ever met. It was his induction weekend 2007. Most players drive or walk by you and you&apos;ll get a wave at most. Ryne Sandberg usually signed and talked with fans, but that was it really as far as consistently friendly Hall members. But Gwynn stopped by, signed for all roughly 40 fans, talked with us, and even joked with me. I made a comment about hitting 20 seasons about 300, and he said he only hit 19 above 300, but he was willing to take the 20 season total if I was crediting him with it. It&apos;s a shame he died so young. Guys like Randy Johnson won&apos;t even look in the fans&apos; directions, let alone stop and talk with people. These days, if you want an autograph at Cooperstown, you&apos;re going to probably pay a few hundred bucks (the cheapest autos last year was non-HOFer Dwight Gooden for $20 or $25), with Jeter and Mo costing you $300 a piece. Gwynn was the perfect face of baseball for fans. I hope people remember him as not only a one-of-a-kind player who was a dominant contact hitter, but as a great dude as well.

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  @TapirBaseball · 3 years ago

  Tony Gwynn coached my step brother at SDSU and he mentioned but just how good of a person he was outside of the game. His talent, who he was as a person, and just how humble he was will never be matched.

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  @BigAl1976 · 3 years ago

  Tony Gwynn is, without a doubt, one of the greatest hitters of his time. &nbsp;I will always remember that scorching 2 run double in Game 5 of the 1984 NLCS, the no-doubt moonshot in the 1998 WS, and the back-to-back-to-back homers early in the 1987 season (Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn, and John Kruk would hit &apos;em).<br><br>I obtained my bachelor&apos;s degree the same day he got his 3,000th hit as well. &nbsp;And to borrow an expression used by longtime Padres broadcaster, Jerry Coleman, Gwynn&apos;s career...you can hang a star on that baby.

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  @mikearmenta3063 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As a young boy growing up in Peoria,Az in the early years we did not have a baseball team yet in AZ, I grew up watching Tony Gwynn at Peoria sports complex and had the absolute privilege to watch mr padre hit and met him multiple times, in my eyes he is the greatest hitter I’ve ever seen but an even better human, so polite and respectful to all around him , class act all the way

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  @danreed5171 · 3 years ago

  Ted Williams, considered the greatest pure hitter of ALL - TIME repeatedly say&apos; Tony Gwynn is the greatest hitter over ALL the others

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  @darkstar92772 · 3 years ago

  1994 was such a heart breaker. I have no doubt he was going to hit .400 that year.

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