What hurts is that his death / cancer was from him admittedly using smokeless tobacco from high school through his playing career. As a dentist I preach to all of my patients the dangers of its use, especially the baseball players who seem to begin the habit earlier than most . The sad thing is that now I have an example with a recognizable name to put to the face of this dangerous habit. As he said when diagnosed he hopes he can be a model to also stop its use. Not trying to preach but Gwynn was a great baseball ambassador, and truly died too young.
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