Durham Bull Dan Snover had a sore shoulder in early June 1990. But he still contributed, at the plate, The Durham Sun wrote.
Put in as a pinch hitter late in one game, he hit a first-pitch double to start a rally, The Sun wrote.
"(Manager) Grady (Little) told me he'd figure out some way I could help the ball club," Snover told The Sun afterward, "and I'm glad he had some confidence in me."
Snover hit that double in his second season as a pro. It also turned out to be his last. He's since gone on to a career in teaching.
Snover's career began in 1989, signed by the Braves as an undrafted free agent out of Seminole Junior College and the University of Hawaii.
Snover started with the Braves at rookie Pulaski. He saw 63 games and hit .241.
He then moved to high-A Durham and AA Greenville for 1990. At Durham, manager Little described Snover to The Durham Herald-Sun that May.
"He's a good little player," Little told The Herald-Sun of Snover. "I'm going to try to give him a chance to get some playing time"
To The Herald-Sun, Snover also talked about his baseball backup - education. He expected to become a teacher, maybe for fourth- or fifth-graders. And that's what he did.
Snover saw 38 games in 1990 between Greenville and Durham and hit .242. That proved his last as a pro.
He then went into teaching. In 2010, as he made his local athletics Hall of Fame in his Bay City, Mich. hometown, Snover was teaching fourth grade. He was also coaching high school baseball and girls' basketball.
He became the new girls varsity basketball coach at Bay City Western in 2021.
"Most people aren’t going to do this forever, so I say ‘Get out there and enjoy it while you can,'" Snover told MLive.com upon being hired that August. "We want to make it a positive experience that involves the parents, the administration, the players and the coaches."
- Durham Herald-Sun, May 20, 1990: Bulls' Snover may be young, but he's well-traveled
- Durham Sun, July 14, 1990: A Little strategy goes a long way
- MLive.com, Aug. 29, 2010: Dan Snover's dazzling baseball and basketball skills
- MLive.com, Aug. 2, 2021: Hall of Famer Dan Snover named new Bay City Western girls basketball coach
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