A true mentor: Tony Gwynn

Just two weeks ago, the crowd of 23,000 at Petco Park

celebrated the life of a great ball player named Tony Gwynn (1960-2014). The memorial gathering gave tribute to Tony’s Hall of Fame performance for 20 years – .338 life time batting average, 3141 career hits, eight time batting champion, 16 All Star appearances.

The most important tribute made superseded his field of

play: hard work, motivated not by big money, but by loyalty to the

same team and his city, keeping the importance of family, seeing the media as a friend, always being available to his fans, and service to his community....