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- In 366 plate appearances against John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine, the 8-time batting champion struck out five times. Yes, Five times...
- In 366 plate appearances the 8-time batting champion batted .444 against John Smoltz, .415 against Greg Maddux, .390 against Curt Schilling, .333 against Pedro Martinez and .303 against Tom Glavine... Unreal...
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Yup, very worth while listen... thanks for sharing, Bolts.
There are legends and then there are LEGENDS! Tony Gwynn was the latter, in caps, underlined, exclamation point!
There are a lot of cool anecdotes about Tony Gwynn being thrown around. One website I was reading yesterday had a "True or False: Tony Gwynn Hitting Stats." The author attempted to make the "fake" stats utterly ridiculous. And, to be honest, I really couldn't decide if they were true of false. His "true" stats were really that ridiculous.
Here's one of my favorite anecdotes I've seen. Click all three links in order, as it's a story:
https://twitter.com/JustinLalo...s/478560200408842240
https://twitter.com/JustinLalo...s/478561420028555265
https://twitter.com/JustinLalo...s/478562279198175232
That's the first time I've enjoyed hearing Keith Olberman talk in a very, very long time.
There are now several guys in MLB who need little more than two seasons to strike out as many times as Gwynn did in his entire career.
I remember an announcer telling a story about how Gwynn filed his bat handles down to lessen overall bat weight and to make the bat more whippy. When asked, "Won't that make the bats break more often when you hit it on the handle?" He replied that he didn't plan on hitting any balls off the handle.
And he didn't. He could go a hundred games or more with a single, favorite bat.
That's the first time I've enjoyed hearing Keith Olberman talk in a very, very long time.
There are now several guys in MLB who need little more than two seasons to strike out as many times as Gwynn did in his entire career.
I remember an announcer telling a story about how Gwynn filed his bat handles down to lessen overall bat weight and to make the bat more whippy. When asked, "Won't that make the bats break more often when you hit it on the handle?" He replied that he didn't plan on hitting any balls off the handle.
And he didn't. He could go a hundred games or more with a single, favorite bat.
If I'm not mistaken there's a true story out there that he used the same bat all season. He got into spring training or early part of the season and he finally broke the bat.
He was a true hitter and played some good defense most of his career.
Thanks for posting this.
