As Tuesday night turned to Wednesday morning at Minute Maid Park, Snitker, in his 47th year in the organization, but just his sixth at the helm of the big club had a special gift on its way.
“I’m going to give it to Brian,” first baseman and franchise anchor Freddie Freeman said of the baseball he cradled for the final out of Game 6, then tucked it in his back pocket, safe from the celebratory fray. “He means so much to this organization. He's put on every hat there is.”
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