Something positive (other than a drug test)

[boomhauertjs]

With all of the bad press surrounding baseball thanks to Roger Clemens, here's a positive story about Tony Gwynn Jr.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/s...t&lid=tab2pos1

[GiantKing]

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Yeah, I read this yesterday and was happy to have something positive to read other than spring training starting. Great story!

[BigDofBA]

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LMAO at the title of this thread.

His dad was one of my favorite players.

[skitch]

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Very good article. Great read.

[Saber]

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< still pissed the Rangers were unable to unload Otsuka for him.

[sbmnky]

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Good story. It's refreshing to hear baseball stories about guys who love the game of baseball. I think he seriously felt bad about flying for free after he lead to the Padres defeat! I love how everyone laughed at him for even remotely feeling sorry! But Gwynn Jr. appears to be human!

[Kelverin]

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< still pissed the Rangers were unable to unload Otsuka for him.

Still pissed the Padres didn't try to get him in the first place.

[Saber]

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Still pissed the Padres didn't try to get him in the first place.

Evidently you didn't read the article then. They tried getting him for Linebrink but the Brewers preferred to send those 3 other prospects.

A lot of San Diego fans wished Little T belonged to them, and curiously, as the season morphed into summer, there was an interesting phone call between Brewers GM Doug Melvin and Padres GM Kevin Towers. Milwaukee wanted pitching help, and inquired about set-up man Scott Linebrink, a free-agent-to-be who'd fallen into a rut. They asked what it would take to get him, and Towers mentioned the G word: Gwynn.

"The kid's name came up in conversations,'' Towers admits. "Doug basically said, 'He's not untouchable, but it'd be tough for us to move him.'"

Instead, Melvin gave the Padres three young pitchers for Linebrink, and both teams moved on with their pennant races. In fact, the two squads were scheduled to meet again the last weekend of the season, in bratwurst land, and maybe, just maybe, that final series would be huge. Wouldn't that be something?