MLB declines to honor Tony Gwynn at All-Star Game

[BklnDem75]

Last edited Thu Jul 17, 2014, 04:37 PM - Edit history (1)

Among players to debut since 1970, only Cal Ripken Jr. went to more All-Star Games than Tony Gwynn’s 15. Yet MLB chose not to honor the departed Hall of Famer during Tuesday’s contest at Target Field.

Instead, what we got during FOX’s All-Star Game broadcast was all of the Derek Jeter we could handle, a performance of Forever Young from Idina Menzel, and a Ken Rosenthal interview with commissioner Bud Selig that delayed the start of an inning. Obviously, the game wasn’t being played in San Diego or even a National League city, so perhaps the fans at Target wouldn’t have been so moved by a Gwynn ceremony. Or maybe they would have been. After all, they had their own Hall of Fame outfielder die young when Kirby Puckett passed on at 45.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/16/mlb-declines-to-honor-tony-gwynn-at-all-star-game/


While Tuesday night's All-Star Game featured plenty of Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and the woman who sings that song from "Frozen," it was also notable for one glaring omission: Last month's death of Tony Gwynn at age 54 went unmentioned, reflecting poorly on both Major League Baseball and Fox.

How in the world do you hold an All-Star Game almost one month to the day that Gwynn died and not pay any sort of tribute to him? The San Diego Padres Hall of Famer was a mainstay on the National League squad, making the team all but one year from 1984 to 1999 for a total of 15 All-Star appearances. The outgoing Gwynn was loved long after he retired and his death on June 16 was met with a universal mourning.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mlb-strikes-out-with-no-tony-gwynn-tributes-or-mentions-during-all-star-game-041822974.html

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. .

Fox sports. 'Nuff said.

[Auggie]

2. That telecast was nearly unwatchable

I'll tune in next year only because I'm sure there won't be a public Yankee fawning as we've experienced in the last two.

[Gemini Cat]

3. It was embarrassing.

[BklnDem75]

4. Don Zimmer died in June

No mention of him either.

[frylock]

6. it will be the Red Sox turn for that I'm sure

[hughee99]

5. Come on, it's not like he was commissioner of baseball for almost a year.

I remember when they had a moment of silence for Bart Giamatti at the start of the '89 world series.

They should have done a moment of silence, at least, for Gwynn and Zim.

[theHandpuppet]

7. I agree it was disgraceful

Do you think they could have taken even 5 minutes from Jeter or Selig to pay tribute to Tony?

[Brother Buzz]

8. Big Tobacco put the kibosh on that idea

That's what I'm thinking.

[wilt the stilt]

9. has there ever been a worst commissioner of any sport?

Selig sucks