tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post7927332553796598945..comments2024-02-23T20:49:09.057-08:00Comments on obsessivegiantscompulsive: MAJOR ANNOUCEMENT ABOUT JT SNOWobsessivegiantscompulsivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-90765685843764223622008-09-25T08:39:00.000-07:002008-09-25T08:39:00.000-07:00Cannot recall another team doing this, other than ...Cannot recall another team doing this, other than football teams, specifically the Niners and their greats who moved on. But it would have happened at the start of the season, not at the end, and soon after retirement, not essentially two years later.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I wouldn't mind making $2,100 per work day either, but that's pocket change for a long-time major leaguer like Snow.<BR/><BR/>However, on second thought, probably a tidy sum compared to what he is making with all his odd jobs he is doing for the Giants right now, broadcaster, coach, special assistant to Sabean.<BR/><BR/>I would suspect that his wife is in line for a nice piece of jewelry or an expensive purse, or something...obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-8983958733410492462008-09-25T08:09:00.000-07:002008-09-25T08:09:00.000-07:00Also, $2,100 for a days work isn't too shabby.Also, $2,100 for a days work isn't too shabby.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714607098257603910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-60955392607932149792008-09-25T08:07:00.000-07:002008-09-25T08:07:00.000-07:00Yeah, totally agree about it feeling out of place....Yeah, totally agree about it feeling out of place. <BR/><BR/>I've been trying to think of another team that's done something similar like this, have any memories? I couldn't come up with anyone.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714607098257603910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-61120734389260954312008-09-24T20:13:00.000-07:002008-09-24T20:13:00.000-07:00I was thinking about this when an old saying poppe...I was thinking about this when an old saying popped in my mind: fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-40402338770150781492008-09-24T19:47:00.000-07:002008-09-24T19:47:00.000-07:00Thanks! Much appreciated!I don't believe it!!...Thanks! Much appreciated!<BR/><BR/>I don't believe it!!! I guess this will rank up there with that other announcement I was referring to where they made a big deal and it was nothing (wish I could remember that).<BR/><BR/>Kinda cheesy? Yes, very cheesy but I'm OK with cheesy, heart-warming, romanticized things like this. This is baseball, this I don't mind.<BR/><BR/>How about a couple of years too late? <BR/><BR/>I could understand doing this say in 2006, the last time he played in the majors, or even 2007, though with the good bye for Bonds, I guess it was smart to skip 2007.<BR/><BR/>I guess he was still hoping to come back in 2007, but then there was no interest, so he joined the Giants, but then there was the Bonds good bye in 2007 and how do you compete with that.<BR/><BR/>Still, a couple of years too late, should have done that in 2006 or perhaps the first day of the 2008season, now it just seems kind of out of place.<BR/><BR/>But it is a good marketing ploy, gets a lot of old Giants fans wanting to come out and give Snow a great good-bye and mutual hug of appreciation.<BR/><BR/>I've always felt that Snow was underappreciated by a lot of Giants fans (though by none of the females in the fan base :^) during his AT&T years. He was greatly affected by the AT&T lefty curse for batters not named Barry Bonds, but was still an effective hitter on the road during those years until his last season with us. Plus he played superlative defense for us too and got on base like gangbusters at the end, much like how Willie Mays did it at the end of his career.obsessivegiantscompulsivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362706004246875823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23735245.post-78468271353056595902008-09-24T18:28:00.000-07:002008-09-24T18:28:00.000-07:00He's signing a 1-day contract, taking the fiel...He's signing a 1-day contract, taking the field at first in uniform and then coming off after an ovation.<BR/><BR/>Kinda cheesy if you ask me. <BR/><BR/>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=22&entry_id=30722Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com