It Should have been YOU Garvey

[CT III]

Tony Gwynn.


http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11091626/hall-famer-tony-gwynn-san-diego-padres-died

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Tony Gwone.

[SKO]

This is the worst. Fucking cancer.

[InternetApex]

This is the exact thread title that I thought of. Nicely done, CT.

[SKO]

Saw this linked on twitter:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/greg-maddux-a-hall-of-fame-approach-that-carried-an-average-arm-to-cooperstown/2014/01/07/fdd7ae82-77d3-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html

First, Maddux was convinced no hitter could tell the speed of a pitch with any meaningful accuracy. To demonstrate, he pointed at a road a quarter-mile away and said it was impossible to tell if a car was going 55, 65 or 75 mph unless there was another car nearby to offer a point of reference.

"You just can't do it," he said. Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different releases points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher's hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision.

"Except," Maddux said, "for that [expletive] Tony Gwynn."

[Quality Start Machine]

Get The Cheeseburgers Out Of Your Casket

[Tonker]

Nice article on Deadspin, including the following nugget:

[...]or his incredible averages against some of the most cerebral pitchers of his time—.444 against John Smoltz, .415 against Greg Maddux, .390 against Curt Schilling, .333 against Pedro Martinez, .303 against Tom Glavine [...] (Unbelievable fact: in 366 plate appearances against those five, he struck out five times. Five.)

...which means, by the time he stepped to the plate, he was more than 98.5% of the way toward not striking out against those HOF pitchers.

That's genuinely, truly, absolutely staggering.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  

[Bort]

Said Maddux SKO just a few posts up:

Greg Maddux once explained that you could trick any hitter into not being able to read the speed of a pitch—"Except for that fucking Tony Gwynn."

[Quality Start Machine]

DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 

The correct answer is "not enough".

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Said Maddux SKO just a few posts up:

Greg Maddux once explained that you could trick any hitter into not being able to read the speed of a pitch—"Except for that fucking Tony Gwynn."

Wow.  So that's where I first read that quote.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT COMMENT STRICKEN LIKE TONY GWYNN ON A STEVE TRACHSEL TURDBALL!

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 

The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ? 

The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.

Turkey garevy?

[SKO]

DPD.  So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  

The correct answer is "not enough".

Especially while Garevy's head remains frustratingly off a stick.

Turkey garevy?

Garevy is delicious on optoats.

[PenFoe]

So how many Dead '84 Padres does that make now?  I've got Gwynn, Wiggins and Show.  Anyone else?  TJ?  

Mario Ramirez - died February 22, 2013.
Champ Summers - died October 11, 2012.