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Article: Gwynn plies baseball mettle as San Diego St. coach
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- May 4, 2002
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Ping!
Ping! ... As Tony Gwynn sees it, the steady ping, ping, pinging of
aluminum on horsehide may be the biggest change in his life.
"No, I really don't miss playing," he said, watching the San Diego
State Aztecs taking batting practice before Friday's game against Air
Force at Falcon Field. "I'm happy in what I'm doing, and this what I
want to be doing. I don't miss it as much as much I thought I would,
and I'm still around baseball."
Gwynn, one of the game's all-time premier hitters, has come home.
He retired from Major League Baseball last year after 20 seasons with
the San Diego Padres, one of 16 players to spend at least 20 years
with one team. And not so coincidentally, he played ...