Thursday, December 8, 2005
Snow Let Go
We were all set to mention how the Giants have acquired Tim Worrell and Steve Kline for the bullpen and were ready to remind the Giants' brass about how, while these two guys are dependable pitchers, the Giants need to work on the starters portion of the pitching staff...
...when we discovered that the Giants have let J.T. Snow go.
We don't recall feeling this bad over a player's leaving the Giants since Will Clark signed with Texas after the 1993 season. While he wasn't Hall of Fame material by any stretch, there was something oddly comforting about having J.T. on the field in black and orange; he rarely made mistakes at first, prevented the first-ever on-field death of a manager's child during a baseball game, and provided us with our favorite home run of all-time--his ninth-inning, 3-run homer off Armando Benitez to tie Game 2 against the Mets in 2000--even if the joy did last an entire half-inning.
We'll miss you, J.T. We've got some big shoes to fill at first.
...when we discovered that the Giants have let J.T. Snow go.
We don't recall feeling this bad over a player's leaving the Giants since Will Clark signed with Texas after the 1993 season. While he wasn't Hall of Fame material by any stretch, there was something oddly comforting about having J.T. on the field in black and orange; he rarely made mistakes at first, prevented the first-ever on-field death of a manager's child during a baseball game, and provided us with our favorite home run of all-time--his ninth-inning, 3-run homer off Armando Benitez to tie Game 2 against the Mets in 2000--even if the joy did last an entire half-inning.
We'll miss you, J.T. We've got some big shoes to fill at first.
J.T. Snow....gone.
