STORIES
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Where's the next Tony?
When Tony Gwynn steps completely into the shadows, there's no one in sight to keep his brand of baseball in the game.
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World Series blast rated No. 1 on hit parade
The
most memorable hit of Tony Gwynn's career is not included in his official count.
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Beyond the batter's box
Many look to 1994, when he flirted with .400 in the strike-shortened season, as being the pinnacle year of Tony Gwynn's career.
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An Eye on the Ball
His vision was extraordinary in the beginning, testing out in spring training every year at 20-10. But then it was 20-15, a decrease alarming enough to Tony Gwynn that he laughingly admits to cheating on eye exams by memorizing the bottom line of the chart.
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Let's go to the videotape
Asked on the spot to load the replay of any single at-bat into the video-editing machine for pitch-by-pitch appraisal, Tony Gwynn immediately went to the tape of his confrontation with Joe Beimel.
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Outside the lines: Ofttimes fun is found away from the games
Not all of baseball is playing games. Much of a player's life is spent in hotel rooms, on planes, in buses, in clubhouses or just standing around in a lobby waiting. For Tony Gwynn, those moments give him almost as many memories as the game itself.
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Throw it and pray
"Just throw it down the middle," said Mike Piazza of the New York Mets, speaking for all catchers. "Then hope he hits it at somebody."
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From the archives
Fourteen months ago, when he was a senior at San Diego State, Tony Gwynn would attend Padre home games and wonder what it would be like to play against them some day.
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