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Thursday, June 18th, Giants Great JT Snow signed for a huge crowd at Sports
Gallery Palo Alto.
JT
Snow
put on a show in the 2002 post-season
batting .333 with 22 hits and two huge home runs. Defensively JT has no peer,
as his six straight (1995-2000) Gold Gloves indicate. His .993 fielding percentage
in 2002 is mind boggling on its own but it's lower than his career number (.995
- only 63 errors in 1,656 games). As a Giant, Snow was, and still is, beloved
by the fans, having won the Dave Dravecky Award in 1998 for being the most inspirational
player as voted on by the fans. As a Giant, Snow purchased 25 tickets a game for
cancer patients and underprivileged groups to sit in his special section called
the "Snow Pack." JT has the distinction of being one of only five switch
hitters to reach 100 RBI in both leagues (Snow previously played for the NY Yankees
and California Angels and finished his career with the Boston Red Sox), although
towards the later part of his career he hit exclusively from the left-side now.
One of the most popular Giants in recent years, Snow signed a one-game contract
with SF in September of 2008 so he could "retire" as a Giant and is
one of only two two-time winners of the team's Willie Mac Award given annually
by the players & coaches to the most inspirational player. |
