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Article: Padres get Tony Gwynn Jr. in trade with Brewers
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- May 22, 2009
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When Tony Gwynn Jr. got the call that he was coming home to San Diego, it came from Mr. Padre himself.
Tony Gwynn, who spent his entire 20-year Hall of Fame career in San Diego, broke the news to his son that the Padres were acquiring him in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers.
"Dad's thrilled," the senior Gwynn told The Associated Press by phone from Fort Worth, Texas, where he's coaching the San Diego State Aztecs in the Mountain West Conference baseball tournament. "This is like a bolt out of the sky. You just didn't expect that. I'm thrilled, just happy he's going to get an opportunity and I think he feels the same way."
Gwynn Jr., an outfielder, ...