Baseball world honors Gwynn, rallies around Padres (VIDEO)

What Rogers Hornsby and Honus Wagner were to their generation, that's what the late, great Tony Gwynn was to his generation. He didn't play baseball in an age when men routinely hit .424 or .404. He played in an era when it was big news if anyone even 

Tony Gwynn Sr. — one of Major League Baseball's greatest hitters — died today after battling cancer for several years.Gwynn played 19-years for the San…

Tony Gwynn Sr. — one of Major League Baseball's greatest hitters — died today after battling cancer for several years.Gwynn played 19-years for the San…

UPDATE (12:30 a.m. ET): The reaction around baseball to Tony Gwynn's death was swift on Monday morning, with players, coaches, fans, announcers — even MLB itself — taking to social media to share their condolences and memories of "Mr. Padre," and to 

If you're not old enough to remember, you may not believe it, but there was a time when Tony Gwynn was an incredible athlete, not just in the sense that he had the freakish hand-eye coordination of an eight-time National