<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no,shrink-to-fit=no"><title>RIP Tony Gwynn</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.css"><script async src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js"></script><script async src="https://www.caffeine.tv/embed.js"></script><script>window.htlbid=window.htlbid||{},htlbid.cmd=htlbid.cmd||[],htlbid.cmd.push(function(){htlbid.setTargeting("pagetype","blog"),htlbid.setTargeting("authorId","46"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_keywords",["tony gwynn","today","@mlb","hall","mlb","big cat","el pres","big game week","coach","june","stephen strasburg","famer","pic.twitter.com/lxpevszrj3","passing","sdsu"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv1",["IAB17","IAB17-26","IAB17-12","IAB17-2"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv2",["488","545","490","483"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_IABv3",["545","483","490","488"]),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_positive","0.33"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_neutral","0.33"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_negative","0.33"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT9_conf","VERY_HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("Verity_GGT9_risk","HIGH"),htlbid.setTargeting("is_testing","no"),htlbid.pubads().setPublisherProvidedId("PPID-GOES-HERE"),htlbid.layout()})</script><script src="https://d9rde3y35j061.cloudfront.net/script.js"></script><script src="https://htlbid.com/v3/barstoolsports.com/htlbid.js" async></script><script src="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/embed.js" async></script><style>.union__content{font-family:-apple-system,HelveticaNeue,Roboto,sans-serif;font-weight:400;font-size:18px;color:#5a5b5d;word-wrap:break-word;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0 5px 32px 5px}.union__content p{padding:0;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content img{display:block;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content video{display:block!important;width:100%!important;height:auto;margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content .articleAd{text-align:center;margin:16px 0 0 0;background-color:#f5f5f5}.union__content .htlad__container{display:inline-block}.union__content p a{color:#377dc4}.union__content .oembed__wrapper{margin:16px 0 0 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){display:block;margin:16px 0 0 0;padding:4px 12px;border-left:4px solid #77889a;font-style:italic;background:#f0f4f8;text-align:left;border-radius:0 6px 6px 0}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video) p{font-style:italic}.union__content blockquote,q{quotes:none}.union__content iframe{max-width:100%}.union__content .bs-image-hidden{display:none}.union__content div.hq-image{width:fit-content;margin:0 auto}.union__content span.image-attribution,.union__content span.image-attribution a{color:#757575;font-size:12px;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:.1px;line-height:14px;text-decoration:none;padding:0;margin:0}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer .bs-videoPlayer__container,.union__content video-js,.wp-video{width:100%!important;height:0!important;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;overflow:hidden;margin:16px 0 0 0}.wp-video video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.hq-image video{width:100%!important;height:100%!important}.union__content .bs-videoPlayer__container>iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:none}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.union__content,body,html{background:#1c1c1c;color:#f1f1f1}.union__content blockquote:not(.twitter-video){border-left:4px solid #367dc4;background:#272c35}}</style><script>window.addEventListener("applicationDidBecomeActive",()=>{document.querySelectorAll(".hq-image video[autoplay]").forEach(e=>e.play())})</script><script>window.htlAdUnitPath="57249056/in-app-iOS/Article-Page_In-Article-Unit",window.htlKeyvalues={authorId:"46",category:"No category",tags:[],brandName:null,brandId:0,pagetype:"standard_post"}</script></head><body class="union__content"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We mourn the passing of Hall of Famer and <a href="https://twitter.com/Padres">@Padres</a> icon Tony Gwynn, who died today at the age of 54. <a href="http://t.co/lXPEVSzRj3">pic.twitter.com/lXPEVSzRj3</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/statuses/478556533937041408">June 16, 2014</a></p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p> </p><p>Guy was an absolute legend and one of the best hitters you’ll ever see. A class act all around. Had health troubles in recent years, and sadly passed today. Was Stephen Strasburg’s coach at SDSU and never heard anything but great things about him from Stras. The world lost a great guy today.<br> </p></body></html>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>We mourn the passing of Hall of Famer and <a href="https://twitter.com/Padres">@Padres</a> icon Tony Gwynn, who died today at the age of 54. <a href="http://t.co/lXPEVSzRj3">pic.twitter.com/lXPEVSzRj3</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/statuses/478556533937041408">June 16, 2014</a></p></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p> </p><p>Guy was an absolute legend and one of the best hitters you’ll ever see. A class act all around. Had health troubles in recent years, and sadly passed today. Was Stephen Strasburg’s coach at SDSU and never heard anything but great things about him from Stras. The world lost a great guy today.<br> </p>

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