Gwynn Jr. was starstruck meeting Muhammad Ali but not as starstruck as he might be if he met Michael Jordan

by jbox on Mar 9, 2010 2:06 PM PST Comment 4 comments

We learn from the NC Times the list of of athletes that impress Anthony Keith Gwynn Jr., Muhammad Ali comes in second place.

"This is the top until I ever meet Michael Jordan," Gwynn said.

Gwynn has now met Muhammad Ali and Magic Johnson and he was starstruck to be sure, but they aren't Michael Jordan. That kind of a back handed compliment. So just in case Ali and Johnson aren't clear...

Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Magic Johnson

Is it just me or do a lot of guys on the Padres sound like they'd rather be playing basketball? Here's Gwynn without a baseball player in his top 3 athletes and two of them are basketball players.

Will Venable was interviewed for an article in the Union Tribune today and he said:

"After my junior season in high school, baseball wasn’t important to me," Venable said. "I wasn’t real good at it and I had lost interest. Baseball wasn’t a priority in my life."

"I loved basketball."

I don't know for sure if Chris Young would rather be playing basketball, but I think it is safe to say.

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why not baseball players?

maybe he doesn’t get starstruck meeting baseball players because he’s hung out with many of the elite ballplayers since he was a kid… just a thought.

I was dating this girl from Canada... after about a month I found out she didn't know what sport the Padres played, she thought "padre" was spelled p-o-d-r-a-y and she thought it was some kind of a fish. Dealbreaker.

by Johnny UT on Mar 9, 2010 2:33 PM PST reply actions

Venable also...

Even though his father wasn’t in the league as long as Mr. Padre he also probably met a couple of players himself.

by Padrefanatico on Mar 9, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions

I think Young was offered a contract

from the Kings and turned it down to play baseball.

LT Style, Electric Glide

"It's all part of the plan." Jeff Moorad and The Joker in the Dark Knight.

"Just because you went to the Finals last year, you can’t go out on the floor and expect teams to lay down. We got no heart. You can only make so many excuses. Everybody has to come and play hard, not just one or two guys."-Matt Barnes

by L Magico on Mar 9, 2010 4:06 PM PST reply actions