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