1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to Is this a great game or what? And 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: our very special guest today is Tony gwyn Junior, former 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Major League player, great broadcaster who does the Padres games, 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: and of course the son of Hall of Famer Tony Gwinn. 5 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: Great to have you, Tony. This is my son, Jeff. 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 2: Jeff, how are you? Nice to meet you? Tim As 7 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 2: always good to see you. I just saw you not 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: that long ago, obviously with the last series here in 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: San Diego, and happy to be here with you guys today. 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 3: Listen, Tony. 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 4: Obviously we're going to take some time to talk about 12 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 4: your dad, but we want to talk about you as well. 13 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,160 Speaker 4: But I have to point out the obvious. My dad 14 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 4: and I started this podcast last year, and the number 15 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 4: one comment we get every single time, whether it's a 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 4: clip on Instagram or a new release of an episode, 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 4: is my gosh, Jeff Kirkshin, you sound exactly like your dad, 18 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 4: and you, Tony, I know you've hit it all the time, 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 4: but I can really you sound exactly like your father. 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: You know what's funny, jess As. I resisted saying that 21 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: when I popped on because I know how much I 22 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: know how much I hear it and so it's it's 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 2: quite hilarious that here you are telling me the same 24 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: thing that I was thinking. What I popped up on here? 25 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 2: But yes, I hear it pretty much once a day. 26 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 2: My uh for you know, has has God made it? 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: Our voices end up sounding almost identical. And this goes 28 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: back to high school. You know, I had friends or 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: people calling over and asking just assuming that my dad 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 2: was me, my dad was my dad was I've been 31 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: this next to him when it's happened a few times 32 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 2: and he would be like, oh, I think you want 33 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 2: little toy, and so then he had me the phone, 34 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: and so that's how so I can relate once again, Jeff, 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 2: I can relate, Tony. 36 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: There was never an embarrassing moment, was there when somebody 37 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: was calling for you and your dad picked up? 38 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: Yeah? No, there was a few of them. There was 39 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: a few of those. Uh, a few of those moments 40 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 2: where my dad's eyes almost like bowled out of his 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 2: head and uh, He's like, yeah, no, I definitely think 42 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 2: you want to talk to myself. So you know, there 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 2: was there was a few of those, for sure, Tony. 44 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: How else are you just like your dad? Beyond your voice? 45 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: Is there a personality trade. Is there something else about 46 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: you that you look at once in a while. Ago, Boy, 47 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: I'm just like my dad. 48 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: Uh No, there's just quite a bit. I hear that 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: from my mom often. I think we both are our homebodies. 50 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: We both enjoy spending whatever time we're not working with 51 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 2: our families, and I think I think probably the thing 52 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: that resonates with the people out you know, outside of 53 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: my family is, uh, we both really love sports. Like 54 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: obviously baseball was our sport, but my dad was a 55 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: was a sportsman like, he enjoyed all sports, and I'm 56 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: and I'm pretty much identical to that. Tony. 57 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: Your dad, as we know, was a great basketball player. 58 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: I should know this. Were you a really good player? Also, 59 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: did you play one on one in the driveway with him? 60 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, for sure. I don't know that I was 61 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: good as him. I mean, my dad ultimately was was drafted, 62 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 2: you know, by an NBA team. I didn't make it 63 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: beyond high school, so you know, I think there's a 64 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: there's a definite distinction there. But I could definitely play. 65 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: I think I had an opportunity to walk on in 66 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 2: San Diego State, but at that point, I think focusing 67 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: on on on baseball was was the obvious choice, and 68 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 2: I kind of had a chip on my shoulder by 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: the time I got to college. You know, I thought, I, 70 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: you know, was a better player than where I was 71 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: drafted in high school. And so I made a decision, 72 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 2: you know, my senior year, that I was going to 73 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 2: put the basketball down in terms of trying to pursue it. 74 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 2: I would still I still love to play to this day, 75 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: but baseball was was the thing that was at the forefront. Tony. 76 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: When's the last time you dunked it? 77 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: Oh? Man, I'm forty two now, Probably probably around twelve 78 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 2: years ago was probably the last time I could I 79 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: could dunkle basketball consistently. But you know, those those days 80 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: are unfortunately a long time. 81 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: I've told Jeff Kirkchin a million times that Tony Gwynn 82 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: had the small hands of any great hitter I've ever seen. 83 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: Are I should know that's gonna shook your hand a 84 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: thousand times? Are your Your hands are bigger than his? 85 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: Right you can palm of basketball right. 86 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:54,839 Speaker 2: Absolutely. I also got that genetic trait from him as well. Yeah, No, 87 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: big hands certainly isn't the thing that the Gwynn family 88 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 2: is known. 89 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 4: For Tony, I always say this to uh, well, I 90 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 4: have to just say as too, broadcasters father's son here, 91 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 4: it's just not fair to be as good of a 92 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 4: broadcaster as you are and be good as good of 93 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 4: an athlete as you were, and continue to be. This 94 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 4: is this is for the nerds, Tony, for the guys 95 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 4: couldn't make it in the game. You can't be this 96 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 4: good and be as good of a player as you were. 97 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 3: It's not fair to us. 98 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 2: See little little do you know, Jeff, is that I 99 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 2: am also a nerd as well, So you know, ultimately, yeah, 100 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 2: I get your point, but I love I mean, baseball 101 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: has just been something that I have been fortunate enough 102 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: to be around very intelligent minds, starting at at a 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: really young young age, and what I can tell you 104 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 2: is it rubs off. You start to understand the game 105 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: in a way that you know, perhaps you would never 106 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 2: learn if you're not in that environment as often as 107 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: I was growing up, and then having the ability to 108 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: actually play it at a high level was obviously the 109 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: best class you could ever be in. And being in 110 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: those locker rooms, and you know, in terms of the 111 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 2: broadcasting side, that has come naturally, honestly, like It's not 112 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: something that I had planned to do. I think as 113 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: a young kid, if you ask my mom and dad, 114 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 2: I was always doing some type of broadcasting, even as 115 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 2: I had imaginary games in the living room, you know. 116 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: And so it's always been something that I've enjoyed. And 117 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: then I think the other thing that plays a part 118 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: in it is everybody knows my dad was really in 119 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 2: the video, and during that time, a lot of times 120 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: the video, if there was sound, it would be the 121 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 2: radio call for the home team, And so I got 122 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,919 Speaker 2: to hear all the these different voices. I didn't know 123 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: names at the time, but I got to hear all 124 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 2: of these different cadences and voices, and it really taught 125 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 2: me a lot about broadcasting before I was actually even 126 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: knowing what it was. 127 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Getting back to basketball for a minute, your dad, in 128 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: his prime, he could fly. He's still fifty six bases 129 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: in a season. He was a great defensive outfielder. For 130 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: those who wondered how quick Tony Gwynn was, you must 131 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: have seen him move really quickly on a basketball court, right, Yeah, no, my. 132 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: Dad, I think that was what he was. I don't 133 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 2: know that my dad would have called himself fast. He 134 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 2: would have said. He was quick and on the basketball court, 135 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 2: that is a weapon. It's a great weapon. And he 136 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: had vision, which was what made him a great passer. 137 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 2: And he was a true point guard. I mean, they 138 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,559 Speaker 2: didn't have the type of guards that they have now, 139 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 2: where you know, it's kind of a combo guard where 140 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: you can, you're scoring, you're shooting your pass, you're doing 141 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 2: a little bit of everything. He was a point guard 142 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: in his truest form, and you know he still holds 143 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: this record here at San Diego State. 144 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: Jeff, Let's see if you remember, Jeff, the stories I 145 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: told you about Tony Gwynn and video long before video 146 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: became popular, explained. 147 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 3: It's just unbelievable to think. 148 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 4: And there's no denying your dad's ability as an athlete, 149 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 4: no doubt about it, but his mind is unbelievable to 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 4: recall the ability to study the tape. Dad, you've talked 151 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 4: about this at nauseum, and one of my favorite pieces, 152 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: and we won't get emotional here, but is when your 153 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 4: father passed away. 154 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 3: My dad did a piece on your dad and it 155 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 3: was so. 156 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: Beautifully explained not only his physical ability but the mental ability. 157 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 3: You played the game, Tony. You know how draining. 158 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: It is so to have that mental acuity is just unbelievable. 159 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 2: That that I think that might have been his strongest attribute. 160 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:15,959 Speaker 2: All of that recall, the ability to see it and 161 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 2: then take it into the game or take it into practice, 162 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 2: and then you know, master it so that you can 163 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: take it to the game. That was something I always 164 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 2: marveled at with my father being able to recall an 165 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 2: exacted bat every pitch, what he was thinking, what he 166 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: thought the picture was thinking. I think that's what made 167 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 2: him ultimately as he got older and and what didn't 168 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: have the same athleticism was his brain. He just could out. 169 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 2: He knew what the picture was trying to do to him, 170 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 2: and because he was almost playing defense in some ways, 171 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 2: right he it was really hard to get him out. 172 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 1: And because of that, right Tony, your dad told me 173 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: once that he had all these VHS tapes that he 174 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: would take in a giant locker with him on the road, 175 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 1: and your mom used to video tape some things while 176 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: he was on the road. He'd come home, put these 177 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: tapes in a big giant locker and take them on 178 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: the road and then set them up by himself in 179 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: the visiting clubhouse to watch the guy they were facing 180 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: that now. 181 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 5: You know all of these stories, correct, Yeah, I recall 182 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 5: Cincinnati was a place in particular that stood out to 183 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 5: me because the TVs were kind of in the middle 184 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 5: of the locker room and there was maybe a four 185 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 5: of them, you know, and so he'd have to pick one, 186 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 5: and he'd have a. 187 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 2: Chord running from the TV down to his little mini 188 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 2: mini television that he record with the tape, and he 189 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 2: would record the whole game. And so at that time, 190 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: you know, it's not the same as it is now. 191 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 2: These guys they get it cut, the exact pitch, all 192 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 2: of that is kind of uploaded for him. He had 193 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 2: to take that VHS tape. He would had also had 194 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: a what they called a video a tape, which was 195 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 2: a smaller version of that. So he would take that 196 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 2: VHS tape home. We'd go back to the hotel. First 197 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 2: thing he'd do was he'd take that VHS tape and 198 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 2: kind of connected with the video eight recorder and he'd 199 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: cut the VHS tapes to just his at bats. And 200 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 2: then he'd take that tape and take just as at 201 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 2: bats and cut it down to just his hits. And 202 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 2: then he takes that particular tape and now he'd be 203 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,960 Speaker 2: able to put it on. All right, these are my 204 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 2: bats against this particular pitcher, and so it was it 205 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 2: was a routine for Army. Set that tape up, and 206 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 2: it was like on a nightly basis, come home, he 207 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,720 Speaker 2: cut them, put them on. And so I mean, all, 208 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: when you're that meticulous, that you can imagine that his 209 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 2: recall on all of that stuff was pretty sharp. 210 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think something that's so beautiful and so 211 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 4: crazy is you were born the same year. 212 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 3: As your dad's rookie year. 213 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 4: I believe it was your October right of eighty two, 214 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 4: and he would have started his career earlier that year. 215 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 4: So not only does he have this physical acuity, this 216 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 4: mental acutity, he's now got a baby at. 217 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 3: Home and he's dealing with raising kids and doing all that. 218 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 4: It's so beautiful to think that his twenty year career 219 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 4: ending in two thousand and one, you know, at the 220 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 4: All Star Game that year you're nineteen years old. Like 221 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 4: how the comparison of his career and your life is 222 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,239 Speaker 4: just it's so perfect, right. 223 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 2: It is. It's what allowed me to be able to 224 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 2: be a part of it and to see it and 225 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 2: to remember it like all those memories are so fresh 226 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 2: for me. I mean, probably starting in nineteen eighty nine. 227 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 2: I still remember different parts of the season, different places 228 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: I got to visit, you know, going to Candlestick or 229 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 2: going to the VET when I was younger. It happened 230 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 2: because I was born in the time that I was born, 231 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 2: I got to experience, and I think the coolest part 232 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: is I got to experience the time where it was 233 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 2: not just a San Diego thing in terms of how 234 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 2: people viewed my father. By the time I was of 235 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: age and could like really take it all in. Was 236 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 2: right at the same time that my dad started to 237 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 2: reach a national kind of stage, and so to get 238 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 2: to see him, you know, live out that part of 239 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 2: his dream was awesome. 240 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: Tony, you got your first major league hit twenty four 241 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: years to the day after your dad got his first 242 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: major league hit. How do you explain that? 243 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 2: You can't. You can't, just like you can't explain my 244 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 2: dad getting hit two thousand and three thousand on his 245 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 2: mom's birthday. It's it's it's he has. We have so 246 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 2: many of those different type of connecting things that are 247 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 2: really tough to explain, but nonetheless, it makes it that 248 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 2: much more special. I mean, twenty four years to the day, 249 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 2: both doubles in our first at bat. We've gotten to 250 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: share a lot of things besides our name. 251 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: It's so cool, Jeff. When Tony Gwyn Senior got his 252 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 1: first hit, a double off of Sid Mangy, he told 253 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: me the story that Pete Rose, the first baseman, is 254 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 1: trailing on the play and Tony's now got his first 255 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: major league hit, and Pete Rose says to your dad. 256 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: Tony says, hey, kid, don't pass me on the first 257 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: night here. That's what Pete Rose said to Tony Gwyn 258 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: knowing this kid was built to get a ton of hits, 259 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: and well over three thousand hits later, he was done. 260 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: Pete Rose made that comment to your dad. No surprise, Tony. 261 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 2: I'm not surprised at all. I mean I think, I mean, 262 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 2: my dad admired Pete as a hitter. I mean, I 263 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 2: think he got over four thousand hits. It's a guy 264 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: that you pay attention to. And so, you know, they 265 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: would see each other at you know what they when 266 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: they used to have card shows back in the day. 267 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 2: They would see each other at those and it would 268 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 2: always be pretty friendly between the two. But yeah, I 269 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 2: mean that that was a I guess that was the 270 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: start of what was going to be a brilliant career 271 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: for my dad. 272 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, Tony, We've had so many great guests who come 273 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 4: on and talk about who maybe had dads who. 274 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: Were in the game, Aaron Boone to name a few. 275 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 4: Ryan Ripkin was on with us with his dad actually, 276 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 4: and yeah, Jerry Harrison Junior, and I love asking the 277 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 4: question of what was one of those moments that you 278 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 4: were in the clubhouse or you were in you know, 279 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 4: the dugout where you were like, oh, my goodness, this 280 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 4: person just walked by me and shook my hand and 281 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 4: you were six having eight years old. You mentioned the 282 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 4: eighty nine season. Was there a moment for your like, oh, 283 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 4: I can't believe I get to. 284 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: Be here, you know what. Interestingly enough, it never really 285 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: came from my dad's teammates, even though I mean, Trevor 286 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 2: Hoffman's a Hall of famer, Ricky Henderson was a Hall 287 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 2: of famer. Those guys all felt like more like family, 288 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 2: So it wasn't like a you know, man, I can't 289 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: believe I'm here type moment. Those usually came when I 290 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 2: met someone who was an opponent King Grify Junior comes 291 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 2: to mind. I remember the first time I met him. 292 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 2: I was I was probably six fifteen or sixteen at 293 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: the time. I remember Barry meeting Barry for the first 294 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: time when I was even younger than that, Like, those 295 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: are the first moments where it's like, oh my gosh, 296 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: I can't believe I'm here and that, and those usually 297 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 2: came when I got to attend an All Star Game 298 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 2: or something and be in those locker rooms when you're 299 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,240 Speaker 2: seeing these guys that you don't see on an everyday 300 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: basis that they come to town and you know everybody's 301 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 2: talking about that particular player. Mike Piazza is another one 302 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: that was really cool. The bagwell and big over to 303 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 2: that I saw often at those All Star Games and 304 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 2: always enjoyed getting the hanger and probably had those feelings, 305 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 2: that type of feeling more and no sense. 306 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: Tony, when you were fifteen or sixteen, As you said, 307 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: what was it like having a great hitter, one of 308 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: the greatest hitters ever and a guy who understood the 309 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: art of hitting as well as anyone I have ever met? 310 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: What was it like having that guy as your hitting coach? 311 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, he really wasn't my hitting coach at fifteenth. 312 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:54,959 Speaker 2: At sixteen, like, I wasn't playing baseball seriously, or at 313 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 2: least in my mind, I wasn't taking it as serious 314 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: at that point. He really took a hands off approach 315 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 2: when it came to baseball basketball he was much more 316 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: hands on. He was much more vocal about things he 317 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 2: didn't like I had a bad game or something like that. 318 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 2: But in baseball he didn't say a word like ay. 319 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 2: He didn't get to see me play all that much 320 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 2: because the seasons kind of exist during the same time. 321 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 2: But b I think he recognized early that, you know, 322 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 2: we share the same name, he's playing the same sport. 323 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 2: He doesn't need expectation on him that the rest of 324 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 2: the world is going to put on him just based 325 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: off his name alone, in him playing the same sport. 326 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 2: And so he was really hands off until I was 327 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 2: probably after my junior season in high school, and so 328 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: I didn't really have him as a hitted coach. I 329 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: kind of just was able to watch and then just 330 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 2: go figure it out. Now, if I asked him something, 331 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: of course he would. He would give me whatever he 332 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 2: had at that point, but he really took a hands 333 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 2: off approach until after that junior season and I actually 334 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: came to him and was like, what do you got? 335 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: But if you if you made a cross court pass 336 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 1: in the game that got intercepted and went down for 337 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: a lamp on it? Oh what was that? 338 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 5: Like? 339 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 2: Nothing irritated my dad more than the turtles. I remember. 340 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 2: I remember coming home and after one of our rivals 341 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 2: Mount Carmel, I had like, I had ten turners. That's 342 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: a really poor game. And he just came into that. 343 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 2: I beat him home and he came in maybe fifteen 344 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 2: twenty minutes later, and he just had this fuddled look 345 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 2: on me. He wasn't mad, but he was you could 346 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 2: tell he was bothered by the turnovers. And eventually, I 347 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 2: don't I don't know what possessed him to say it, 348 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 2: but he just turned to me saying, Hey, are you 349 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 2: having girl problems or something like what? I don't understand 350 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 2: how was possible to turn a ball over ten times? 351 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: And I didn't have nothing for it. I didn't have 352 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 2: nothing for it. It was just a bad game that day 353 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 2: and I just took it on the chin. I didn't 354 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 2: say nothing. I just kind of I heard it and 355 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 2: I just kind of shook my head went back to 356 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 2: the room. But he was he was definitely bothered by it. 357 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: But Tony had a double double that day, didn't you 358 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: ten points ten turnovers? 359 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 3: Right? 360 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know about he was buying that at 361 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 2: the time we lost the game. I certainly contributed to 362 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 2: that law, and he let me. He let me know 363 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 2: about Tony. 364 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: Let's talk about your fatherhood. 365 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 4: I mean, the greatest thing that happened to me in 366 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 4: my life was becoming a dad two years ago and 367 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 4: having such a great dad yourself and me as well 368 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 4: as an example to you know, usher us into fatherhood. 369 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 4: You've got the four, right, the three girls, and then 370 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 4: you finally got your uh you got the third? 371 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 3: There is is he ten yet? 372 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 2: He just turned ten to turn in last week? 373 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 4: How how is it is he playing baseball? Is he 374 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 4: playing basketball? Are you coaching? How is that relationship for 375 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 4: you now? And with your girls of course who are older? 376 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: Yes? Uh, well, Trey, he plays base he loves baseball. 377 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:26,000 Speaker 2: He does not like basketball, and you know that's the 378 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 2: sore spot for me. He loves soccer, he loves football, 379 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 2: and so as long as he's playing multiple sports, it 380 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 2: doesn't have to be basketball. I'm completely fine with it. 381 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,400 Speaker 2: I just don't want him settling in on baseball alone 382 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: right now at the young age of ten. And so 383 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 2: he's been able. He is a avid Padre fan. He 384 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 2: gets very frustrated when they aren't winning. He wears it 385 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: on his on his shoulder, in his face. But he 386 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 2: loves the game, and so he's already moving in the 387 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 2: right direction in terms of UH, if he wants to 388 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 2: pursue it, you have to love it. This game will 389 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 2: eat you up if if you don't love it. And 390 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: so I'm just gonna let him be. I'm not gonna 391 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 2: put any pressure, and I'm gonna try to take the 392 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: same approach my dad's right. 393 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: Does he hit left handed or right handed? 394 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 2: He hits right handed. He he'd asked me about switch hitting, 395 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 2: but I don't think he has the patience. He flipped 396 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 2: over there for about ten pitches and didn't like the 397 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 2: results and then hop right back over to the right side. 398 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: So I'll open to it if he wants to. But yeah, 399 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 2: you know, all the kids, I mean, my oldest is 400 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: uh is Set michaelas Set committed to the Grand Canyon 401 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 2: University to play soccer there, so show be headed there. 402 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 4: That's where my wife interrupt. My wife is a GCU 403 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 4: go love slopes up, baby, That's right. We love great 404 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 4: student life there. They love their teams there. I mean, 405 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 4: and she's gonna you said she's gonna play there. 406 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: She's gonna play there. That's that. I've heard all of 407 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 2: those same things. She was, I think, on the fence 408 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 2: when we first went down there, and she got on 409 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 2: that campus, and I think her whole, her whole idea 410 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: changed from that point on. So she's she's locked in there. 411 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 2: My middle daughter, Jordan, is just starting her kind of 412 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 2: soccer recruitment right now. We'll see how that goes. My 413 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 2: youngest daughter, unfortunately, just tore her a cl and so 414 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 2: she's kind of SE's ten weeks into post surgery. She's 415 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 2: ten weeks post surgery, but she's she's moving along with Tony. 416 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: Did you play soccer growing up? 417 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 2: I did not. My wife did. My wife was was 418 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 2: was pretty good. And so that's where they get any 419 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,959 Speaker 2: coordination for soccer from. It's from my wife, because I 420 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 2: certainly don't have anything. 421 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 3: So Tony and and dad did. Dad. Here, I'll provide 422 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 3: you this warning. 423 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 4: When my wife and I first met, I went to Syracuse, 424 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 4: up State New York freezing cold eleven months out of 425 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 4: the year. 426 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: Right she goes to GCU. 427 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,679 Speaker 3: She tells me, I was like, what was what was 428 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 3: campus life like? And she said, oh, well, we. 429 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 4: Would wear our bikinis underneath our clothes, and then we 430 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 4: would go to class and we would walk ten steps 431 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 4: and we're in a pool right after class and put 432 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 4: our books on the side of the pool. And I said, 433 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 4: I spent four years in Syracuse, New York. I didn't 434 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 4: even see a pool in four years, yet alone step 435 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 4: into one after class. 436 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 2: I spent one season in Syracuses, So I know you 437 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 2: didn't see a pool anywhere for that matter, But nonetheless, yeah, 438 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 2: two completely different experiences in terms of the weather. 439 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 4: Especially so when you are at one of your son's 440 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 4: baseball games or one of your girls soccer games. 441 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 3: Who is the more vocal of the two? Mom or Dad? 442 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 4: Who is the one if something goes on you know 443 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 4: you need to say something. 444 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: Are you kind of laid back and hanging or is 445 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 3: Mom the one yelling? How does that work? 446 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 2: It's definitely Mom. I'm definitely the one that's that's hanging back. 447 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: I occasionally will will open my mouth, but for the 448 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: most part, I'm the I'm the chill one on the sideline. 449 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 2: My wife is probably gonna be upset with me saying that, 450 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 2: but it's the truth. I'm not I'm not the one. 451 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: Tony. You mentioned your dad's Hall of Fame induction. I 452 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: was there, of course, and I remember vividly the morning 453 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: that your dad was going into the Hall of Fame 454 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: to make his speech. You came down to the lobby 455 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: and I saw you in the lobby. Do you remember 456 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: the story that you told me? And if you don't, 457 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: I'll tell the story for you. Your dad, I'll give 458 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: you a clue. Made a request of you to go 459 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: down to the lobby at nine o'clock in the morning 460 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,679 Speaker 1: on the morning he was being inducted. I'll tell the 461 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 1: story if that's okay. 462 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, you tell a story. 463 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: I don't remember right you told me. I said, how's 464 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 1: your dad doing? And you said, well, he's nervous. He 465 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: sent me down here to get a beer at nine 466 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: o'clock of the morning. And that's right, Jeff Tony Gwynn 467 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: Junior paused and said, my dad doesn't drink, so he 468 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: was gonna start drinking on the day he was inducted 469 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: into the Hall of fame, Tony, Have I got that right? 470 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 2: You got it right? And now my dad would have 471 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:28,719 Speaker 2: an occasional corpse light very I'm talking like once every 472 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 2: like three or four months, like he'd have like a 473 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 2: corpse light, but never it was always at the end 474 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 2: of the night and after a game. He might you know, 475 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 2: he might have a cold one. Right. So the fact 476 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: that he was asking for a beer and not already 477 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 2: I already knew he was nervous the night before because 478 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 2: he was up, you know, trying to figure out what 479 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 2: he was gonna say, and and I can imagine that 480 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: that probably, you know, created some anxiety for him. But 481 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 2: he was definitely nervous. He definitely sent me down that 482 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 2: I could remind be able to. He definitely sent me 483 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 2: down to find him a beer. I don't know that 484 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 2: he ever drank it, but certainly he was nervous. He 485 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 2: was really, really nervous. But then when you watch him 486 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 2: do the speed he killed it known you would have 487 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 2: never known. 488 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: He crushed it, typical of Tony. I always find that interesting, Tony, 489 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: that he could get a hit as could you in 490 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: front of fifty thousand people and you don't even hear 491 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: the crowd around you, and yet you got to go 492 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: stand up in front of people and speak and he's 493 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: a nervous wreck. Is that a baseball thing? Is that 494 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 1: an athlete thing? 495 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 2: I think that is. I just think when you're playing 496 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 2: a game that you enjoy so much, you're not thinking 497 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 2: about the olters. You know, that stuff comes later, Like 498 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: you've been playing baseball your whole life. The crowd stuff 499 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 2: starts happening the further you go up, but the game 500 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 2: is still the same. And in terms of speaking in 501 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 2: front of people, I mean, that's just a completely new experience. 502 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 2: I feel the same way and better over time. Obviously 503 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 2: happened to big broadcaster now, and those are things you 504 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 2: got to kind of have to do from time to time. 505 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 2: But I think that's a natural kind of feel, especially 506 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 2: if that's not something you've done a lot of. 507 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 4: Tony two thousand and seven, was that induction ceremony? Was 508 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,679 Speaker 4: your oldest? Was your wife pregnant? I'm trying to do 509 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 4: the math here. 510 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,680 Speaker 2: Yes, she was very pregnant. 511 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 4: She was very pregnant, and it was a million degrees. 512 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 2: It was a blazing We talk about that so often 513 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 2: as as we look at back at the footage. I mean, 514 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: I had this big baggy suit on. It was it 515 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 2: had to be close to her. It felt like it 516 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 2: was one hundred degrees. I don't know if it was 517 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 2: actually the humidity made it feel like it was one 518 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 2: hundred degrees. My wife is really pregnant at that point. 519 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: Is this is in August, so she she was doing 520 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 2: like another two months at that point, and so it 521 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 2: was it was definitely hot, but it was definitely worth 522 00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 2: it at the same time. 523 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, trust me. 524 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 4: I mean, and I remember vividly that year I was 525 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 4: with my dad. 526 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 3: We took that trip solo. Usually my mom and my 527 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 3: sister would come with us. 528 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 4: That was the first year I got to go alone 529 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 4: with my dad, and I will never forget. I think 530 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,600 Speaker 4: I was like thirteen years old and I remember looking 531 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 4: back and people were at the trees. 532 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 2: It was, you know, a sea of people. 533 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 3: It was unbelievable. 534 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 4: Tony and we know obviously caw Verpken, Junior, Tony Gwynn 535 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 4: like them alone might send people to the trees because 536 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 4: of their storied careers with one team, and just their 537 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 4: personalities were so magnetic and they were so special to 538 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 4: our game. 539 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 3: Put them together, God. 540 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 2: It was it was like it was like the perfect pairing. 541 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, both in different leagues, both had 542 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 2: you know, similar fan base and fanfare, UH, and both 543 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,719 Speaker 2: you know, really kind of captured the cities that they 544 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 2: were in, and so you know, it was it was 545 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 2: like almost both cities ended up coming to Cooperstown. I 546 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 2: have the same visual, Jeff, that I remember sitting where 547 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,160 Speaker 2: our family was and like standing up and turning back, 548 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 2: and it was just you couldn't see the endpoint of 549 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 2: where it stopped from where I was sitting at at 550 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 2: least UH. And that was my first experience of Brewers 551 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 2: were kind of enough to let me leave and and 552 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 2: and head down to Cooperstown. I mean I didn't get 553 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 2: to stay long. I didn't get to enjoy Cooperstown. I 554 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 2: was there for the night or for that for that night, 555 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 2: and then I left the very next day. And so 556 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 2: it was a it was a really really cool experience, 557 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 2: especially for your first time. 558 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was my favorite induction, and at least at 559 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: the time, it may still be that was the most populated, 560 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: UH induction in the history of the Hall of Fame. 561 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 1: For exactly what you said. And I interviewed your dad 562 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: and Cal Ripken Jr. Afterwards and we had a priceless argument. 563 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: Wasn't an argument because in one of the All Star Games, 564 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: I should remember which one, your dad scored the winning 565 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: run and Cal Ripkin made the throw to the plate 566 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: and they were yelling at each other. One said you're out, 567 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: the other said no, I was safe. 568 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 2: Do you remember that, Tony, Yeah, he was saying he got, 569 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 2: he got, he got under the tag of punch. The 570 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 2: throw beat him. But remember that was old astro turf, 571 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 2: so the ball didn't like it bounce and it didn't 572 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 2: stay down like it would on grass. It kind of 573 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: popped up. So I think it was Puch who ended 574 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 2: up being at home plate. He had to kind of 575 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 2: come up to catch it, and as he comes up, 576 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 2: my dad's leg kind of splits his legs and it 577 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 2: gets to the plate before. It was a good call. 578 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 2: It's a good throw. It should have been an out, 579 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 2: but because of the turf, it ended up bouncing a 580 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 2: little hot. 581 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, one of the most iconic inductions Cal and Tony, 582 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 4: I would say, the only one that would rival that 583 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 4: twenty twenty two, when David Ortiz went in with Tim Kirkshin. 584 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 3: What a great pairing, great great raring so much. 585 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: In common to so much in common, the largest disparity 586 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: in size one year of because that copy had at 587 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 1: least two hundred on me. 588 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 4: I think go ahead, so Tony, I do have one 589 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 4: question about your your playing days and my dad and 590 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 4: I if we said it once in the last two 591 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 4: years we've done this podcast, We've said it a million times. 592 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 3: The pitching is just. 593 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 4: Unreal right now, the ability for multiple guys to be 594 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 4: throwing over one hundred all the time. When you look 595 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 4: back at your playing career, because batters have a lot 596 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 4: of respect for pitchers, and your dad is one of them, right, 597 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 4: would always be researching the tape. 598 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 3: Who is one guy. 599 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 4: When you would go up against you would say, okay, 600 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,239 Speaker 4: I'm going to war right now because this guy is 601 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 4: the fiercest competitor you got to face as a batter 602 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 4: to a pitcher. 603 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,360 Speaker 2: In terms of fierceness. I mean it was always that way. 604 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 2: When you face Max, you could tell that he was 605 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 2: he was definitely intense. Cliff Lee was another one for 606 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 2: me that that I I didn't have a lot of 607 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 2: fun faces at all, and you know I've got a 608 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 2: couple of hits on him in his Mariner's time, But 609 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,320 Speaker 2: as a Philly Oh it was god awful. I did 610 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 2: not enjoy him at all. And I would later become 611 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 2: his teammate, and I enjoyed him much more as a 612 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 2: teammate than I did as a as an opponent, for sure. 613 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 3: Did you ever tell m Yes, I. 614 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 2: Told him that absolutely. 615 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: I told him that. 616 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 2: It was. I think it might have been what maybe 617 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 2: two years later I became his teammate and he just 618 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 2: there was a particular game as a as a Dodger 619 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 2: for me that made me think that I didn't know 620 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,560 Speaker 2: how to hit at all. It was it was. It 621 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 2: was a three bat at that like kind of day 622 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:55,360 Speaker 2: that just as bad as it possibly could go, it went, 623 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 2: and then like it shook me for It shook me 624 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,840 Speaker 2: for a day. Definitely got to me for a little bit. 625 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 2: I had to kind of reevaluate. I eventually got back 626 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 2: going again, but that one particular day put him in 627 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 2: my mind for a long time. As as you can see, 628 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,440 Speaker 2: I'm still talking about it, Tony. 629 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: The Luis Arrives of the Padres remind some people of 630 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: your dad. What is it like calling games in which 631 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: Luisa Arrives plays for the Padres and people compare him 632 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: to Tony Gwynn. 633 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 2: I think it's great man. I enjoy watching Louise's and 634 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:34,320 Speaker 2: I think sometimes I have to kind of check myself 635 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 2: because because he is the closest thing in today's game 636 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 2: to what my dad was, sometimes my own expectations get 637 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 2: in the way, and I think that's unfair to Luis 638 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 2: because I do see him as the closest thing to 639 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,000 Speaker 2: my dad. I don't think that he is my dad, 640 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 2: but I think there are a lot of characteristics in 641 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 2: terms of how he swings the bat and he approach 642 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 2: at the plate that remind me of my dad. And 643 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 2: so of course I'm I'm a little biased towards Louis 644 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 2: because of that. I enjoy especially when he gets hot. 645 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 2: I don't think there's anything funner than watching Louise at 646 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 2: the dish, Like I really don't. It's it's so last 647 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,200 Speaker 2: year was such an experience watching him play on an 648 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 2: everyday basis, because San Diego hasn't really had anybody like that, 649 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 2: you know, since my dad, and so they get to 650 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:32,280 Speaker 2: watch him on a daily basis. His respect for the game, 651 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 2: his his his energy level, it's all contagious and so yeah, no, 652 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 2: I'm partial to Luis because of that. Because he reminds 653 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 2: me he's the closest thing we have to my dad 654 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 2: in todays. 655 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 1: And with all due respect to Louise, he didn't run 656 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: like your dad and he didn't play defense like your dad. 657 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: That's let's be clear. No, as far as a hitter goes, 658 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 1: there are similarities. But that's about it, Tony, I'll finish 659 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: with this. I there's a cal rip and wood Bat 660 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,720 Speaker 1: League right around the corner from us, and a couple 661 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 1: of years ago there were some kids, well ten years ago, 662 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: there were some kids from San Diego State who were 663 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: playing in the wood Bat Summer League here in Bethesda, Maryland, 664 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:16,840 Speaker 1: and I asked him about, you know, playing for Tony Gwynn. 665 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 1: So they both looked at me and told the story. 666 00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: Your dad was sick at the time. Your dad had 667 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:27,280 Speaker 1: gotten heavy, and he wasn't in He was not Tony 668 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: Gwynn anymore, and yet he was really upset with the 669 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 1: way the team was hitting. And he said, I just 670 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,479 Speaker 1: want to make sure you could see this. Tony said, 671 00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: God damn it, let me show you what to do here, 672 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,080 Speaker 1: and he got it. He went up to the plate 673 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: and hit line drive after line drive all over the field. 674 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,399 Speaker 1: Just to show everybody, this is what you can do 675 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 1: if you have great hands and you know what you're 676 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,520 Speaker 1: doing and you can see the ball. Does this sound 677 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 1: like your dad? 678 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 2: I can't tell you that he had done things like that, 679 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,319 Speaker 2: even when I was in school. I remember my last year, 680 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,879 Speaker 2: my junior season, we had gotten to like conference tournament time, 681 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 2: and we had one of those kind of like breaks 682 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 2: where there was a couple of days off, and he 683 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 2: was the same deal he was. He was irritated with 684 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:22,360 Speaker 2: how we were swinging the bat, and so I remember 685 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 2: being on second base when he kind of snapped and 686 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 2: he grabbed the bat. I remember, I'll never forget. A 687 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 2: kid by the name of Drew Jensen, was left handed, 688 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 2: was pitching, and so he got in the box and 689 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 2: he took the first pitch and he was he was 690 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 2: in the box out of hand, calling ball to strike right, 691 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 2: so he was he was already showing off there. And 692 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:54,520 Speaker 2: then maybe two or three pitches later, the ball comes 693 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 2: out of Drew's hands and it's probably mid flight and 694 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,560 Speaker 2: you and he yells watch out, and he takes the 695 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,920 Speaker 2: swing and he hits a bullet right back, right back 696 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 2: at Drew's head, and it was this kind of a 697 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 2: reminder of like, you know, who he what he was 698 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 2: capable of doing when he was you know, and even 699 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,400 Speaker 2: at this point he's beyond he's for two years removed 700 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,799 Speaker 2: from playing, it's still relatively fresh for him. So, uh, 701 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised at all if that if that 702 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:30,440 Speaker 2: was the case, because he definitely did it when I. 703 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 1: Was last thing for me, Tony, tell us about the 704 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 1: shirt you're wearing. That is absolutely priceless and beautiful. 705 00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 2: Baseball Ism did a series of kind of shirts and 706 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 2: hats on hoodies with my dad last year around this time, 707 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 2: and this was one of them. This is a silhouette 708 00:38:54,680 --> 00:39:00,000 Speaker 2: and the padre navy and orange that he probably wore 709 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,200 Speaker 2: during the course of his career. I know they're in 710 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,840 Speaker 2: the process of doing the second iteration of it and 711 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to that. But yeah, this is this 712 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 2: is This is a shirt that I think many people enjoy. 713 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:14,880 Speaker 2: There's a hat that kind of goes with it. 714 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,200 Speaker 1: Absolutely, that's amazing. 715 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,240 Speaker 4: Well, Tony, thank you for going down memory lane, talking 716 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 4: about your dad, talking about your great playing career, talking 717 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 4: about your wife yelling on the sidelines. 718 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 3: We'll make sure she doesn't see this interview. Do you 719 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 3: have any questions for me about mind you. 720 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding. 721 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 3: I'm just kidding. 722 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,000 Speaker 2: Tell me listen like I said, Like I said when 723 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,240 Speaker 2: we started, the tree doesn't fall or the apple doesn't 724 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,239 Speaker 2: fall from far from the tree, and the voice doesn't either. 725 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not helping that we're both wearing white shirts. 726 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,920 Speaker 1: To dad, we couldn't look more than the last story. 727 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 1: Tony Jeffery used to work with a woman in Las 728 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,439 Speaker 1: Vegas and she spent like twelve straight hours with him 729 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: and his voice. After twelve straight hours can just drive 730 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: you crazy. Okay, So she fire lee, finishes twelve state 731 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:06,080 Speaker 1: trade hours with my son, and then she goes home, 732 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,400 Speaker 1: gets a glass of wine and turns on the TV 733 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 1: and who's on SportsCenter? 734 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 2: Me? 735 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: And she went, oh my god, I thought I had 736 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,120 Speaker 1: escaped the horrible kirteon Boys and there I was. 737 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, no sports for her or for the 738 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 2: rest of the night. 739 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 3: She switched immediately to Netflix. Right after that, she said, forget. 740 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: Forget a SPN and she switched a hard liquor right 741 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 1: after that too. Instead of a glass. 742 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,440 Speaker 2: Of wine, she needed a drink. 743 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,480 Speaker 1: Tony, thank you so much for joining us. We had 744 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: the best time. Hopefully I'll see you and the Padres 745 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,240 Speaker 1: down the line. Hopefully i'll see you in October. Can't wait. 746 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,040 Speaker 2: Them. Jeff, thank you very much for having me. It's 747 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:50,640 Speaker 2: been a pleasure.