Gwynn Jr. returns to San Diego as a big leaguer

San Jose Mercury News - San Jose, CA, USA - SAN DIEGO- Tony Gwynn Jr. turned onto Tony Gwynn Drive on his way to work Friday.

"It's always weird to turn on the street and see your dad's name just chilling on the street sign right there," Gwynn said about three hours before his Milwaukee Brewers opened a three-game series against his dad's old team, the San Diego Padres.

"I don't think very many people can say that their dad has a street named after them. It's a little awkward. But after you turn on the street, it's just a street, though."

Tony Gwynn Drive fronts Petco Park. Gwynn Jr. wasn't in the starting lineup Friday night against Greg Maddux, but he said it was "a little nerve-racking" nonetheless to return to San Diego for the first time as a big leaguer.