Tony Gwynn on Rome is Burning

by Dex on Jul 17, 2007 1:49 PM PDT in News

I'm gonna liveblog this sucker. I got my eye on you, Rome!

Tony's doing good. Wearing a white hat. Sick
Tony cried when they told him he was a HoFer. Real men do cry. Real men do cry.
Tony's a little worried about how hot it's gonna be. He's also gonna speak from the heart, but he's afraid that he's gonna cry a lot. Real men do cry?
Rome: "Chick's dig the long ball"
Ted Williams told Tony to be more aggressive. Tony Gwynn was all like, "Whatever, dude. Who are you to talk?"
Tony's mentioned twice that Ted Williams picked his teeth with Tony's bat. I don't know what that means. I wish I knew more about baseball.
Tony thinks Mark McGwire should be a Hall of Famer. See? That just proves that Tony isn't perfect. Little imperfections.
Tony Gwynn's charity of choice is to end blood clots. Weird.
Tony giving shout outs. Ryan Klesko, strangely enough, is not mentioned.
Rickey Henderson is one of the best teammates ever.

And that's it! Hmmmm...

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Is

the induction ceremony gonna be on TV in San Diego? When and what channel?

I will be bawling.

by padresgirlforlife44 on Jul 17, 2007 1:57 PM PDT reply actions

I beleive

There going to show it on the batters eye in the park in the park. That's were I'll be.

by jburtrum1 on Jul 17, 2007 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Ya

but is that it?

Its San Diego, they gotta show it?
What time is it at the park?

by padresgirlforlife44 on Jul 17, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Its usually broadcast live on ESPN

Or else ESPN2. I know that I will record it for Alex, but I may also go down to Petco to watch/cry with other Padre fans.

Christina

by Christina on Jul 17, 2007 2:39 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you very much

What time at Petco?

by padresgirlforlife44 on Jul 17, 2007 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Tony's impression of Rickey

TG once did an impression of Rickey on Rome's radio show in a live broadcast from the Murph. Just think about that for a moment. Tony's voice doing Rickey in the third person.

It was something about how Rickey got caught stealing and Rickey came back to the dugout going "Rickey's cleat is broken. Rickey can't run with no broken cleats."

It is, to this day, one of the funniest things I've ever heard on radio.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 17, 2007 2:42 PM PDT reply actions

Rome replays it back a few times a year as it is one of his favorite sound bytes too. It's a classic and I laugh every time. It was originally from an on location spot Rome did back when he would take the show on Tour. There was a Tour Stop amongst the palm trees at the Murph and he got Tony to sit up there with him and tell Rickey stories. Great stuff.

Christina

by Christina on Jul 17, 2007 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Jim Rome

is near the top of "people i want to die" list. The only clip he should be allowed to play the clip of him getting punked by jim everett. Yeah, i hope he gets stabbed by soccer fans.

As for MR. SAN DIEGO, im swelling with pride. I can't wait to see the statue saturday, im going hug it.

by soulSD on Jul 17, 2007 5:09 PM PDT reply actions

Nevin

Was just on doing the 1090 pre-game show and was just absolutely ripping into the channel 4 post game guys. Apparently John Weisbarth wears the same suit every night? Hadn't noticed. Said he was life less and dull. I wonder if he has any friends??

by jburtrum1 on Jul 17, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions

Man, that's mean

Weisbarth is a friend of the blog.

Granted... We used to sit up the first base line in a perfect spot so that when Nevin was playing third, he'd routinely airmail balls right into our section. Lots of souvenirs so I like Nevin too.

by Dex on Jul 17, 2007 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Hilarious

Absolutely effin hilarious that Nevin called someone else "lifeless and dull".

"Hi Kettle, this is the the Pot..... you're black!!"

by jpleeg2 on Jul 18, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions

This isn't exactly the right place

to post this, but I won't be around for the open gameday thread tonight. Still, I wanted to share this nice article on Heath Bell from the NY Daily News for anyone who missed it. It elaborates more on Bell loving his move to San Diego from the article WG posted this morning (although there's no mention of his fondness for cookies...):

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/07/17/2007-07-17_bell_rings_true_for_san_diego. html

NOTE: this was originally posted over at Amazin' Avenue today.

by Mr Meadows on Jul 17, 2007 6:28 PM PDT reply actions

I got my eye on you

Is that a John from Cincinnati reference?

by thenerdhater on Jul 17, 2007 7:00 PM PDT reply actions

No

I got my eye on you!

"At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria." - Jerry Coleman

by TheGrandHatching on Jul 17, 2007 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

espn.com

on espn.com there is the video of tony on rome

by i miss bip on Jul 17, 2007 8:25 PM PDT reply actions

Just watching a snippett

of the Rome interview. I honestly don't get where Gwynn is coming from with his take on McGwire. He says he has his suspicions about him taking 'roids. Then keeps going back to how far McGwire hit the ball. Gwynn usually seems like such a logical guy, but on this topic he makes no sense.

by jbox on Jul 18, 2007 9:32 AM PDT reply actions