Phillies backup outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr. was activated from Major League Baseball’s bereavement list on Tuesday afternoon and made an appearance as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s 7-4 victory over the Marlins. It was his first at-bat since burying his Hall of Fame father last week in San Diego, and the fans left at Citizens Bank Park made it a beautiful, genuine moment ...
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Props to Marlins catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia for making that long visit to the mound.
Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer caught up with Gwynn in the clubhouse afterward ...Tony Gwynn Jr. cried during an emotional postgame interview. “That was pretty awesome,” he said.
— Matt Gelb (@magelb) June 25, 2014Follow @drewsilv
