Major League Baseball legend Tony Gwynn dead at 54

[Nuttkase]

First, Maddux was convinced no hitter could tell the speed of a pitch with any meaningful accuracy. "You just can't do it" he said "Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different release points. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision."

"Except," said Maddux "for that fuck Tony Gwynn"

Best quote.

 

[Rossibreath]

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Not even gonna front as a life long Yankees fan that was born in the Bronx I got a little something in my eyes when I heard Zimmer passed. Dude was in MLB in some form for 66 years, that's crazy.

He managed the 89 Cubs and that was the funnest baseball season of my life

 

[LiterACola]

i guess he was bench couch for giants too? i didn't know that until he died. i really just remember him cuz of the pedro thing

 

[LiterACola]

He managed the 89 Cubs and that was the funnest baseball season of my life

i thought you were a brewers fan

 

[Rossibreath]

i thought you were a brewers fan

Hell naw I hate the Brewers

 

[Cut-Throat]

i guess he was bench couch for giants too? i didn't know that until he died. i really just remember him cuz of the pedro thing

He was more like a bean bag than a couch..

 

[LiterACola]

He was more like a bean bag than a couch..

lol nice

 

[MizeryMade]

RIP

 

[Gas One]

my nigga tony gwynn died?? AHH MAN HOMAY!!

i used to eat at his spot 'gwynns' in rancho penasquitos all the time had the best burgers ever man

he will be missed

 

[jmacc916]

i guess he was bench couch for giants too? i didn't know that until he died. i really just remember him cuz of the pedro thing

hahahahaha funny shit i was watchin that shit live when it happened and will remember it forever, zim thought he was hell hard rushin pedro till pedro gave him a lil chuck and made him eat the turf

 

[jmacc916]

in high school in math class the teacher was teaches us averages so he used to have us play fantasy baseball. gwynn never let me down lol

Yup our math class played it too, gwynn and paul o'neil were my 2 dudes

 

[short]

tony had a lifetime average of .338 and never roided up. these days with steroids use so prevelant in baseball u never know whos cheating



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lol @ jose bautista. in 2010 and 2011 when he was roided up he hit a combined 97 homers with 227 rbi. in the 3 years since his totals are 70 homers and 187 runs batted in. shit happens when u stop roiding up


the bud selig regime is in a farewell tour after what seems forever. hopefully the new regime gets tougher on steroid users. test the players once a week and ban the roiders for life on the 1st instance of a positive result