Tony Gwynn would have been 56 years old this past Monday if he was still alive. He passed away on June 16, 2014 due to salivary gland cancer. He had been battling it since 2009. Gwynn was not only well-respected as a player, but also as a person. He was also nicknamed “Mr. Padre.”
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“People in San Diego are never going to see anybody like that again,” John Moores, the Padres’ former majority owner from 1995-2012. “It’s impossible. It will never happen. Not in 10 lifetimes. He was a special player, but it’s more than that.