He could pull, he could swing even to center and he could wait and push to left. All with big average. And decent power. RIP, Mr. Gwynn.
Tony Gwynn
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The pitcher in that gif is Sid Fernandez. I think! He threw an elite fastball. The way TG holds his hands back and pushes to left. I can only smile.
Yeah. It’s such an early read from Gwynn there. He sees it in the delivery that he’s going the other way (or take). I used to hit like that (I mean, I think, or still do?).
He could do what he wanted though. He could have pulled that same pitch down the right field line.
Hit .430 and never struck out against Greg Maddux in 107 plate appearances
Gone too soon. Maybe the GOAT baseball swing. Seemed like some of his at bats would go on for half an hour.
I’ve caught a few interviews of Maddux bitching about various singular things that Tony Gwynn could do. That’s how you know how good he was.
Dude was a machine. Struck out less in his entire career than a lot of players single seasons. He was built different
Yep. Helluva basketball player, too.
Since World War II, Gwynn is the only player to bat above .350 in five consecutive seasons (from 1993-97). Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby and Al Simmons did so before him.
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