Dodgers-Giants forecast Saturday: Snow
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The Dodgers should have clinched the National League West championship by Saturday, so the San Francisco Giants could trot out a lineup of kids and scrubs.
At first base for the Giants: No. 6, J.T. Snow.
No kidding. The Giants will sign Snow to a one-day contract so he can offically retire as a Giant, and they’ll even let him take the field for the first inning, then send in a replacement so he can leave the game to a round of applause. From the San Francisco Chronicle:
‘Even though he can still pick it at first base during batting practice, he has no intention of playing an inning. ‘ ‘I don’t know where some of my equipment is,’ he said. ‘If you’re an infielder, you don’t take the field without certain equipment.’ ‘
The new wave of Angels fans remembers Snow as the guy who dragged Dusty Baker’s kid out of danger at home plate during the 2002 World Series.
The old crowd among Angels fans also remembers Snow as the guy the Angels gave up to get Allen Watson from the Giants. Snow played nine years with the Giants. Watson lasted two with the Angels, with an 18-19 record and 5.28 ERA.
-- Bill Shaikin