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The other former California big leaguer will make his debut to Marysville’s Bryant Field starting Tuesday night when the Yuba-Sutter Freebirds pro independent baseball team welcomes in Modesto, managed by former San Francisco Giant and California Angel J.T. Snow.
Snow, defensive darling at first baseball with six consecutive golden gloves as a player, is in his first season with the Roadsters after spending time as an assistant in Oakland last year. Snow grabbed the reigns of Modesto earlier this year as the Roadsters prepared to open their inaugural season in the Pioneer Baseball League, a player-development professional league with no affiliation to any MLB franchise.
Perhaps Snow is most known for his time in SF when he played alongside home run king Barry Bonds from (1997-2005). The two were teammates in the 2002 World Series against the Angels, when Snow famously picked up SF manager Dusty Baker’s son, who had wandered on the field during a scoring play for the Giants. It was a play captured by Fox cameras, depicting Snow as a hero on a national stage.
Snow was a career .268 hitter with 189 home runs in 16 MLB seasons – 10 of which in San Francisco. As a Giant in 2002, Snow was positioned in a lineup alongside Bonds, Jeff Kent, and Benito Santiago – a slew of stars that won 95 games and the franchise’s first National League pennant in 13 years.
As a first-time manager, Snow has Modesto in fourth place in the PBL at 21-15 heading into Bryant Field Tuesday. The club is 6-3 against the Freebirds this summer, including a sweep of Yuba-Sutter earlier this month in Modesto when it scored 47 runs in three games.
Yuba-Sutter comes in Tuesday at 12-24, fresh off a 1-2 finish at Oakland over the weekend. Snow and Modesto are in Marysville through Thursday before Snow’s 2002 World Series nemesis, Troy Percival, heads north with second place Long Beach (28-8) for a three-game weekend set in Marysville against Yuba-Sutter.
Extracurriculars at Bryant Field
Wednesday against Modesto is a planned U-2 flyover for the national anthem, while Friday and Saturday feature a post-game Fourth of July show that includes the team’s traditional fireworks show on Friday and sparklers and family games on the field both nights at Bryant Field in honor of America’s 250th birthday, according to a team news release.
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Snow, defensive darling at first baseball with six consecutive golden gloves as a player, is in his first season with the Roadsters after spending time as an assistant in Oakland last year. Snow grabbed the reigns of Modesto earlier this year as the Roadsters prepared to open their inaugural season in the Pioneer Baseball League, a player-development professional league with no affiliation to any MLB franchise.
Perhaps Snow is most known for his time in SF when he played alongside home run king Barry Bonds from (1997-2005). The two were teammates in the 2002 World Series against the Angels, when Snow famously picked up SF manager Dusty Baker’s son, who had wandered on the field during a scoring play for the Giants. It was a play captured by Fox cameras, depicting Snow as a hero on a national stage.
Snow was a career .268 hitter with 189 home runs in 16 MLB seasons – 10 of which in San Francisco. As a Giant in 2002, Snow was positioned in a lineup alongside Bonds, Jeff Kent, and Benito Santiago – a slew of stars that won 95 games and the franchise’s first National League pennant in 13 years.
As a first-time manager, Snow has Modesto in fourth place in the PBL at 21-15 heading into Bryant Field Tuesday. The club is 6-3 against the Freebirds this summer, including a sweep of Yuba-Sutter earlier this month in Modesto when it scored 47 runs in three games.
Yuba-Sutter comes in Tuesday at 12-24, fresh off a 1-2 finish at Oakland over the weekend. Snow and Modesto are in Marysville through Thursday before Snow’s 2002 World Series nemesis, Troy Percival, heads north with second place Long Beach (28-8) for a three-game weekend set in Marysville against Yuba-Sutter.
Extracurriculars at Bryant Field
Wednesday against Modesto is a planned U-2 flyover for the national anthem, while Friday and Saturday feature a post-game Fourth of July show that includes the team’s traditional fireworks show on Friday and sparklers and family games on the field both nights at Bryant Field in honor of America’s 250th birthday, according to a team news release.
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