June 16, 201412 yr Best hitter I've seen in my lifetime. I was really lucky to watch him in person. Terrible day for baseball
June 16, 201412 yr He's pretty much solely responsible for video being such a large part of baseball today. He was the king of analysis.
June 16, 201412 yr It feels like a piece of my teenage years and early adulthood are gone. He is one of the reasons I love baseball as much as I do today.
June 16, 201412 yr Over a 20-year career, he made 15 all-star teams, won the National League batting title 7 times, had 3,141 career hits, and is a lifetime .338 hitter. Certainly in any list of my top five favorite players ever. The pages in George Will's "Men at Work" of him describing how he reads a pitcher's motions prior to release in order to decide whether to swing or not might still be the most compelling paragraphs I've ever read about baseball. Requiescat in pace, Tony. You will be missed.
June 16, 201412 yr Wait, what? I remember he had been sick with cancer, but I thought he had beaten it? This sucks. Best pure hitter I've ever had the pleasure of seeing play.
June 16, 201412 yr 20 years and only 434 Strike Outs and NEVER struck out over 40 times in any season...WOW!!!
June 16, 201412 yr Gwynn is another example of fate or "what might have happened...." He came into college as a basketball player. Didn't play baseball his first year. His high school teammate was on the baseball team and told his coach to give Gwynn a look. Coach had 2 outfielders who were out due to being hit by a car while they were riding their bicycles. Had it not been for that bicycle/car accident we might not have seen him hit a baseball.
June 16, 201412 yr 20 years and only 434 Strike Outs and NEVER struck out over 40 times in any season...WOW!!! That is easily the most amazing stat I've ever seen with a baseball player. How is that possible?
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