THE GREATEST PADRE: COMMEMORATIVE SECTION

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Forever, A Hit The very beauty of baseball is that so often it gives you something you've never seen before. Yet each of Tony Gwynn's hits came off looking the same as the one before, virtually identical, even as they were all so different. That sheer consistency and dependability became the beauty of his game. Which became our game.

In Touch with Tony After 20 years and more than 2,400 games, Tony Gwynn will no longer be a daily fixture in right field or the batter's box for the Padres. But that won't stop many San Diegans from seeing him each day on their dressers, walls, coffee tables or kitchen counters.

Dissecting the swing Tony Gwynn explains the art of the swing frame by frame.