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On
Thursday Evening, May 28, Giants Rising Star
Pablo Sandoval made his first Sports Gallery
appearance at our Palo Alto Gallery.
Pablo
Sandoval, born
in Carabobo, Venezuela, is the latest Giants
phenom. Signed by San Francisco in 2002 at the
age of 16, few Giants players have generated
as much buzz as Sandoval so early in their career.
He has torn up every league he's played in the
last two years with his bat (in 273 at-bats
for A San Jose, he hit .359 with 12 home runs
and 59 RBI and in 175 at-bats with AA Connecticut,
he hit .337 with eight homers and 37 RBI) and
he's doing the same with SF hitting over .300
in 2009. And Pablo has proved very capable at
multiple defensive positions. Sandoval can play
Catcher, 3B and 1B extremely well but would
obviously have the most value at catcher, which
also happens to be his best defensive position.
He would also have a ton of value if the Giants
were to play him at all three positions, which
is exactly what the Giants are doing in '09.
Nicknamed "Kung
Fu Panda" by teammate Barry Zito
because of his resemblance to the movie character,
Pablo is fast becoming one of the most popular
athletes in the Bay Area.
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