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...Hall of Famer," says Jack O'Connell, 57, secretary-treasurer of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. "I don't think there's any question that the dominant reliever in the American League and, for a period, in the National League, in his time was Goose Gossage." Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Hall of Fame locks, will crowd next year's ballot; 2008 may be Goose's shot. "All I want to do is make it right," Gossage says. He can start by moving...
...League finally ended its Midsummer Classic drought. But Montrealers—we remember the five Expo all-stars. Hill pitched two scoreless innings. Cordero threw a runner out at home. Grissom homered off Randy Johnson. Darren Fletcher caught the top of the tenth. And Moises Alou doubled home Tony Gwynn to win it in the bottom half...
...gives me the edge. I go into a ballgame, more times than not, having watched video of me facing a batter 30, 40 or 50 times. Knowing what works and what doesn't gives you a tremendous advantage. I actually started doing it when I found out that Tony Gwynn did it. One day I?m facing Gwynn and I thought, 'This guy knows everything I do, when I do it and how I do it. Who's got the advantage...
Hate the way Scott Brosius—Scott Brosius—has won three championships with the Yankees while great ballplayers like Tony Gwynn have retired with none. Hate Mariano Rivera’s sub-1.00 postseason ERA. Hate The Curse. Hate Tim McCarver’s obvious broadcasting bias. Hate how the sportscasters fawn over what class acts the Yankees are—as if Seattle’s John Olerud and Edgar Martinez ran around strangling cats in their spare time...
...argued that Wade Boggs, George Brett and Tony Gwynn were the three best hitters for average of the past two decades. They hit safely in 39 out of 41 games four times in their combined 59 seasons. Suzuki began his major league career with such a run?while playing in unfamiliar stadiums in an unfamiliar country and while dealing with an unfamiliar language and eating unfamiliar foods. "He's a legitimate hitter, no question," says Yankees manager Joe Torre. "I don't think you can pitch him one way. You can go in and out, up and down...