We lived in southern California about the time I started becoming interested in sports. My older brother always had sports on the TV, which meant a steady stream of Padres, Chargers, and Lakers games playing in the background of my childhood. And though we moved to Kansas City right as I became old enough to start rooting for a baseball team on my own, one of the first Major League Baseball players I ever became aware of was Tony Gwynn. I’d say he qualifies as a good introduction to the professional game.
Tony Gwynn was a class act.
He was!
I want to share with you a video I made with the help of some pictures I took from a Ted Williams book, my baseball card collection and wikipedia. The audio is from an interview I taped off a Canadian TV Sports station. Gwynn was so incredible, especially because he didn’t walk that much and still got all those hits.
This is fantastic, Steve, thank you for sharing! I’ve sent it to my brother also, I’m sure he’ll love this.
That’s great. I’m glad to hear and remember you mentioning that he lives in San Diego I think?