MLB Failing To Honor Tony Gwynn At The All-Star Game Is Unacceptable
By Joel Burdeos
San Diego, CA- Last month the game of baseball lost one of it’s greatest players in Tony Gwynn and yet tonight Major League Baseball failed to mention or even honor the passing of Tony Gwynn at tonight’s All-Star Game.
This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE.
Major League Baseball failing to honor Tony Gwynn during tonight’s All-Star Game is an absolute embarrassment to the game of baseball and its fans around the world.
I understand that tonight’s All-Star Game was about honoring Derek Jeter the face of Major League Baseball and I’m completely fine with that. Jeter has done nothing but represent the game of baseball with class and dignity his entire career like Tony Gwynn did, he deserved every ounce of appreciation that he was given tonight.
Yet that is exactly why Major League Baseball’s failure to honor Tony Gwynn during tonight’s All-Star Game was unacceptable. Tonight was supposed to be about honoring Derek Jeter and yet by failing to even give Tony Gwynn a moment of silence, Major League Baseballs mistake has overshadowed tonights event. Would it have been to much Major League Baseball to give Gwynn some sort of mention during tonight’s game ? I mean tonight’s game was even the 20 year anniversary of Tony Gwynn scoring the game winning run in the 1994 All-Star Game.
Tony Gwynn’s absence from tonights game has become the No. 1 trending topic worldwide and on twitter.
Just a perfect response by the #Padres. All that needs to be said #TonyGwynn RT @Padres: pic.twitter.com/2HqIhthov2 #SDSN
— East Village Times (@SD_SportingNews) July 16, 2014
Two ASG selections, zero ASG appearances for @HustonStreet. No Tony tribute. The Padres are officially the least-respected team in baseball.
— Ben Higgins (@BenHigginsSD) July 16, 2014
#TonyGwynn being the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter shows how embarrassed baseball fans are worldwide at the travesty that occurred tonight
— East Village Times (@SD_SportingNews) July 16, 2014
30 seconds for Gwynn/Zimmer/Fregosi was all they needed to do. It doesn't take much time or effort.
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 16, 2014
VIDEO: All 100 times Derek Jeter was mentioned on tonight's Fox broadcast, & all zero times they mentioned Tony Gwynn http://t.co/Pevob6NGfR
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) July 16, 2014
All of you angry about no Tony Gwynn tribute? You are damn right.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) July 16, 2014
No statement from @MLB in regards to the Tony Gwynn snub. Nice to see people can still hide under their desks.
— Ken Fang -- Very Asian (@fangsbites) July 16, 2014
Ted Williams died the week before 2002 ASG and had MVP immediately named after him. MLB had a month and did nothing for Tony Gwynn.
— Kevin Kaduk (@KevinKaduk) July 16, 2014
Here’s my tribute to Tony Gwynn the 15 time All-Star, see it’s not that hard to put one together after all. #RIP19 pic.twitter.com/miY3MtoRc3
— Andy_Masur1 (@Andy_Masur1) July 16, 2014
Tony Gwynn deserved better and every baseball fan around the world knows that, yet the fact Major League Baseball didn’t is shameful, disrespectful and unacceptable.