The home run brought Baker off the bench with a thrust of both arms. Even Snow, when putting his bat back in the rack, let out a visual sign of relief. Snow wasn't ready to do anything demonstrative when he crossed the plate. I was just trying to get back into the swing of things, back in baseball mode. I've faced him a few times and that was probably the best I've seen him.
Quick returns are no real surprise.
He was beaned in a 1997 spring training game by Randy Johnson and seriously hurt. Snow returned and missed virtually no time. His teammates shared his pain last week. Cards and flowers circled his locker at 3Com Park. Stan Javier went through the same ordeal last year when his mother died in April.