In 1990 a Gwynn doll is hung in effigy, he is called a "selfish mother" and he accuses Padres of cover up

If we could just get Tony Gwynn Jr to be more selfish and start hitting .309.

If I remember right the original story had an ‘unidentified player’ (JC) saying that there was another unidentified player on the team who was happy if he went 3-4 and the team lost, but bummed if he took an 0’fer in a loss (one-niner). Didn’t take an expert investigator to get to the bottom of that one. Same allegations were made against Ichiro in the Mariners clubhouse two years ago. Also remembered all of Clark’s kids had the latest Nintendo gaming accessories in their bedrooms, for whatever that was worth…

And I knew someone who was close enough to the team to get a lot of inside dope. Apparently, there was a streak of racism in the clubhouse at the time. And it wasn’t Clark or any other player who hung the doll. Nor was it a coach or a grounds crew member. If my memory serves correctly, at the end of the season, this person, who had been with the Padres for quite a while, was told his services were no longer wanted.

….he may have been a HUGE a-hole but I dont think it was Clark. I think it was another teammate, who rode Clark’s coattail, in hating Gwynn…but was too much of a coward to say anything. Most racists are that way…they’ll hate your guts and use the n-word when you’re not around but when they’re around you they’ll act like “everything is everything”…and I dont believe that baloney that Clark spit out about Templeton having an issue with Gwynn. Thats another typical racist move. When they get called out, they’ll point to the nearest black dude to say that he had an issue with Gwynn, too….I forgot about this story. I believe Mark Grant was on the team then. And he said that Clark had always been jealous of Gwynn. And the more I think about it, Im sure there were other guys, who were lesser players…and who didnt have the same skill set or job security as Gwynn, who hated his guts, too. We have to remember that in those days, guys would be released with no idea of how they were gonna make ends meet, because the money was wayyyyy less than it is today. I think the guilty guy was some other guy on the team that was spineless….and ownership hushed it up because they didnt want all the media problems that would inevitably come with some racist who had an ax to grind with Tony Gwynn…

I remember when that happened and if you ask Tony Gwynn who he thinks did it you might hear the name Fred Lynn, im suprised he wasnt one of the choices, they were not the best of firends.