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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Tony Gwynn retiring at end of year | ||||
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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 2:26 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | Wednesday, June 27 Updated: June 28, 10:27 AM ET Gwynn set to announce retirement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press Gwynn SAN DIEGO -- Tony Gwynn, arguably the best pure hitter of his generation, is expected to announce today that he will retire at the end of this season, his 20th with the San Diego Padres. The Padres scheduled a news conference for this afternoon at Qualcomm Stadium, saying only that it will involve Gwynn and team officials. A baseball source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Wednesday evening that he understood that an announcement was to be made after the team returned from a six-day trip that ended Wednesday night in Colorado. Earlier Wednesday, USA Today's Baseball Weekly reported on USAToday.com that Gwynn will retire at season's end. "Nobody wants to believe it now," Gwynn told Baseball Weekly from his hotel room in Denver, "but I knew this would be my last year before the year started. It was predetermined. No matter what I did this year, I knew it would be my last. "I'll have a press conference to get it off my chest, and then I'll be at peace." Gwynn was not available for comment after San Diego's 10-9 loss to the Rockies. Padres teammate Rickey Henderson said Gwynn had informed him of the decision. "He told me he was going to announce it, I think when we get back home," Henderson said. "I don't know if he has told the whole team. But we talked yesterday, and he said he was going to announce his retirement." Gwynn, 41, has struggled to get back into the Padres' outfield because of a strained right hamstring that's sidelined him for most of the season. Gwynn, an eight-time NL batting champion who is 16th on the all-time list with 3,124 hits, has strongly hinted for a month that this would be his final season. On May 29, he told reporters he would like to be the baseball coach at his alma mater, San Diego State, when the job opens in June 2002. Although he wouldn't say it publicly at the time, that would rule out him playing next season. "There wouldn't be a better recruiting tool in the country than to say, `Come to San Diego State and be tutored by one of the best hitters to ever play the game,'" Padres closer Trevor Hoffman said. Gwynn ran in the outfield before Wednesday night's game. | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 3:01 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | tony gwynn should have retired a couple of years ago- but neway him and boggs are the best hitters in the last 15 years "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| Francine Banger | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 3:11 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | its a shame that Gwynn wont get nearly as much attention for this as Ripken did. Gwynn was a better player. | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 3:29 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | It's sad, this is another of the old guard leaving. Here's another class-act, probably one of the most professional men to play the game in the last 20 years. I hope he stays active and in the spotlight in some capacity, losing his presence would be a huge loss to baseball in this time of big egos. Is my train in vain, has my soul gone to waste Am I just a victim of, a victim of my lost faith | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 5:02 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | froy- i dont see gwynn hanging around baseball in the spotlight... for example- ripken is gonna buy a minor league team (in the spotlight)... gwynn seems so quite "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| PINKLETTUCE | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 9:20 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | god bless this man. he will be inducted unamumusly into the hall of fame and it will be well deserved. he's one of the greatest hitters of all time and he'll finally get his due. GODS SPEED TONY, YOU WERE GREAT.  IF ASSHOLES COULD FLY THIS PLACE WOULD BE AN AIRPORT. THANX TO JOLENE FOR THE SIG PIC AND THANX TO BaLLooN Not FOR ALL YOUR HELP. | ||||
| Rone | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 11:24 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | if Gwynn were to get another 900 at-bats, and not get a hit in any of them, he would still be a career .300 hitter. he was an amazing hitter....one of the all-time greats.  | ||||
| I Rooned It | posted on 06-28-2001 @ 11:49 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Gwynn was one of the more graceful players in the game. He was loyal to the Padres and their city, He never got into a scandal, or held out for more $. Above all, he was consistently one of the best hitters, a clutch performer. Next stop Cooperstown. "Melodrama from you is as uncommon as an oral bowel movement."--Randall from Clerks "One of Tequila's shots!" | ||||
| My Turn in the Barrel Being a Minor is a Threat to my Social Life PoseUr i ahve 2 threads at teh top, i feel like maynard | posted on 06-29-2001 @ 1:41 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Agreed on all accounts. Great player, great person, and most importantly, loyal to his team. He will be missed I Just Wanna F the S out of your Sister | ||||
| IslesBaby00 I'm so blonde, I think Taco Bell is the Mexican phone company | posted on 06-29-2001 @ 1:09 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jun. 01 | i tought he was a good player sorry to see him go  | ||||
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