Bellflower native but not a valley boy.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24827048/tony-gwynn-drive-now-intersected-trevor-hoffman-way?device=featurephone
I attended the public memorial service for Tony Gwynn at Petco Park. I think he is the people's choice for sainthood, at least baseball sainthood...I've never heard a person so HIGHLY praised not just for his baseball talent but as a person off the field as well.
