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[cashman]

Holy shit. I didn't even realize he was battling cancer. RIP Tony Gwynn

 

[jakncoke]

holy shit..

edit; Interesting fact, of all the seasons Tony Gwynn played, he only finished in the top 5 of MVP voting 1 time. 1984, Keith Hernandez and Ryne Sandberg finished ahead of him.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Damn wtf. That's a major shock. RIP Tony Gywnn

 

[darkside31337]

wow

 

[Talon]

RIP to one of the good guys

 

[Malvingt2]

RIP Tony Gywnn

 

[Mr. Enigma]

RIP Tony Gwinn? Was he sick? I had no idea...

One of my best memories is seeing him play at The Vet, and expecting to be blown out, but instead the Phillies beat the Padres and it was awesome. I'm glad I got to see him play...what a legend.

Holy shit. I didn't even realize he was battling cancer. RIP Tony Gwynn

He had throat cancer from his years of massive chewing tobacco use. He had been doing some things the last few years trying to enlighten people about not using chewing tobacco.

 

[the_firewithin]

Fuck Tony Gywnn was awesome. I'll always remember his season going for.400

 

[Windu]

 

[Fox318]

Just heard the tony Gwynn news.

I was there during his inauguration at Cooperstown. He looked so happy.

Wow

 

[Malvingt2]

Tony Gwynn struck out just 434 times in 20 seasons. Averaged 22 k's a year.

 

[Windu]

Tony Gwynn struck out just 434 times in 20 seasons. Averaged 22 k's a year.

Goddamn.

The Upton Brothers do that in a week.

 

[Fox318]

I bought 2 books to try and hit better when I was playing ball.

The Science of Hitting and The Art of Hitting.

By Ted Williams and Tony G

 

[jakncoke]

Tony Gwynn struck out just 434 times in 20 seasons. Averaged 22 k's a year.

Pedro Alvarez already has 633 :/, hell if you use what he has just this season already(68) that comes out to 3 seasons of Gwynn average. Crazy

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Damn. RIP Tony.

 

[RGVNOE]

RIP Tony Gwynn, one of the best all time players

 

[jakncoke]

Taking it a step further Gywnn had just 434 strikeouts in 10232 PA..

 

[cashman]

Taking it a step further Gywnn had just 434 strikeouts in 10232 PA..

That's a career 4.2 K%

 

[Mr. Enigma]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=116808059

Gwynn thread in OT

 

[Malvingt2]

Mike Morgan ‏@MorganOnAir
Wow! "@AceballStats Tony Gwynn had 287 career plate appearances vs #Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz--hitting .381 w/ just 3 K's."

 

[Enron]

Just saw the Tony Gwynn news. I saw a blurb not too long ago that indicated things were going downhill fast for him. Sad, I grew up watching him play.

 

[the_firewithin]

Mike Morgan ‏@MorganOnAir
Wow! "@AceballStats Tony Gwynn had 287 career plate appearances vs #Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz--hitting .381 w/ just 3 K's."

3ks? Holy hell

 

[cashman]

As impressive as Victor Martinez striking out as much as he home runs is, he still has a 6.2K% higher than Gwynn's career average.

 

[jakncoke]

Looking at some historical k%

Tris Speaker struck out just 2.3% in his 11988 PA

Cap Anson 2.7% in his 11319 PA

Eddie Collins 3.2% in his 12037 PA

Also, players with at least 10000 PA, Reggie Jackson is the only player north of 20% with 22.7%

 

[Loco4Coco]

Wasn't he doing broadcasting for the Padres?

 

[Syrinx]

Wasn't he doing broadcasting for the Padres?

I thought he was managing for San Diego State's baseball team.

RIP. This sucks.

 

[sf2fanatic]

3ks? Holy hell

He had an eye....I remember everytime I saw him play he looked at the ball all the way to the catcher's mitt when he didn't swing at it. As kid I enjoyed watching him play.


E: he did do broadcasting before he became a coach at San Diego St

 

[Malvingt2]

3ks? Holy hell

Tony Gwynn vs.
Smoltz .462 (30-for-65) 1 K
Maddux .429 (39-for-91) 0 K
Glavine .312 (29-or-93) 2 K

 

[Purple Cheeto]

Andrew McCutcheon is really good: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/739551...tch-tracked-by-mlbams-tracking-tech/?c_id=mlb

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Gywnn only guy in Baseball References extensive data to hit higher than .300 in two strike count. (.302) next highest Boggs (.262) wow

 

[the_firewithin]

Tony Gwynn vs.
Smoltz .462 (30-for-65) 1 K
Maddux .429 (39-for-91) 0 K
Glavine .312 (29-or-93) 2 K

just saw that from Bowman. you konw that chaps maddux's ass lol

 

[Malo]

RIP Tony

 

[Corran Horn]

Gywnn
One of my favorite players growing up. RIP

 

[LJ11]

Unreal, rip Gwynn. Such a shame.

 

[jello44]

The greatest hitter of our time. Such a shame. RIP Tony.

 

[rando14]

RIP Mr. Padre

 

[jakncoke]

Andrew McCutcheon is really good: http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/739551...tch-tracked-by-mlbams-tracking-tech/?c_id=mlb

feels good to have him patrolling center

 

[see5harp]

I was feeling shirty because of the worst weekend in Giants history but Tony Gwynn puts things into perspective. RIP.

 

[Malvingt2]

 

[eznark]

I was feeling shirty because of the worst weekend in Giants history but Tony Gwynn puts things into perspective. RIP.

I thought that sentence was going to be much much worse.

 

[Blearth]

Tony Gwynn nooooooo

 

[ViperVisor]

Batting leadoff and hitting .731 for my Atlanta Braves in Griffey on N64

http://youtu.be/lRUIBhvxPHw

 

[jello44]

Batting leadoff and hitting .731 for my Atlanta Braves in Griffey on N64

http://youtu.be/lRUIBhvxPHw

Tony Eusebio is your backup?

 

[Enron]

wtf @ that ben revere catch

 

[CygnusXS]

wtf @ that ben revere catch

I thought that ball was leaving the park.

 

[Syrinx]

Dallas Braden is an ESPN analyst now?

 

[Syrinx]

David Wright is about as bad as I've ever seen him right now. It's hard to watch, frankly.

 

[clemenx]

What the hell that Stanton HR. Ridiculous.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

What the hell that Stanton HR. Ridiculous.

Ok gotta check that out.

 

[Malvingt2]

What the hell that Stanton HR. Ridiculous.

I was amazed. Like seriously wtf? how in hell? and to a breaking ball not a fastball.