Gwynn bats during Game 1 of the 1998 World Series. Although the Padres lost the Series to the New York Yankees that year, Gwynn &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101117&amp;amp;content_id=16128170&amp;amp;vkey=&amp;amp;c_id=mlb&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;told the MLB Network&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that his opening game home run was &amp;quot;the highlight of my career.&amp;quot;