Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
ESPN is reporting that Tony Gwynn has died of cancer. 54 years old frown.


Sad news. I was sitting near the on-deck circle at old Vet Stadium and saw his last at bat in Philly. He came on as a pinch hitter late and the crowd rose to its feet and cheeredwhen he stepped out of the dugout to go on deck, and he was crying.

He was one of the greatest hitters ever and a great guy for the sport.

You know I'm a Mets fan, Klyd. But I don't hate the Yankees. Well, I don't hate, hate them, anyway. And I'll usually root for them in the World Series, as long as they're not playing the Mets.

The one BIG exception to that was in '98 when they played the Padres. I REALLY wanted to see the Padres win one for Gwynn. But that wasn't going to happen because the '98 Yankees were one of the best teams I've ever seen ohwell .


That '98 Padre team was a good bunch of overachievers. I've gotten to know one of the players of that team a little bit - Andy Ashby.

But they were no match for the Yanks that year.