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You Know How Good A Hitter They're Saying He Was? That. And Better
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The death of Tony Gwynn is remarkable in that there is not one single negative thing anyone can come up with in his regard. Not one. Everyone -- teammates, rivals, everyone, with the possible exceptions of Jack Clark and Jim Leyritz, which is kind of fitting -- loved the guy, and the number of stories about how nice a guy he was rivals the accolades for his uncanny ability to get on base. He almost hit .400 in a season -- he was at .394 when the '94 strike ended the season -- and led the NL in batting average for eight seasons (only Ty Cobb had more batting titles). All of that while being, well, not thin. He believed chewing tobacco gave him the cancer that killed him at 54, and whether it did or not, if this convinces anyone to quit that stuff, that's one good thing to come of this. Hall of Fame in baseball and in life. (U-T San Diego)
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