巨大（な）s 解放（する） the Panda, World Series hero Pablo Sandoval
The San Francisco 巨大（な）s 解放（する）d longtime fan favorite Pablo Sandoval on Thursday, hours before the season opener against the San Diego Padres.
Sandoval, the 最高殊勲選手 of the 2012 World Series, was 調印するd to a minor league 契約 in February but his 企て，努力，提案 to be on a major league roster for the first time since 2021 fell short.
Sandoval was a member of three San Francisco 選手権 teams -- 2010, 2012, 2014 -- and was 愛称d the "Kung Fu Panda." He 攻撃する，衝突する three ホームランs during Game 1 of the 2012 World Series against the Detroit Tigers and six 全体にわたる in that postseason.
Sandoval, 37, batted .250 with 14 strikeouts in 28 at-bats in spring training this year. The last 攻撃する，衝突する （機の）カム Tuesday night in a 3-1 loss to the Oakland 運動競技のs at Oracle Park.
The home fans gave Sandoval a big ovation when he entered the game at third base and even a bigger one when he got the 攻撃する，衝突する in the ninth inning. Sandoval understood the meaning.
"I think this is one of the most special moments I've had in my career," Sandoval said afterward. "I don't know if it's my last at-bat here, but it was 広大な／多数の／重要な. It was unbelievable. Getting that 攻撃する，衝突する was the most important thing for the fans. Not for me, but for the fans."
Sandoval said after the game that he wouldn't retire if he was 解放（する）d by the 巨大（な）s.
A two-time All-星／主役にする, Sandoval's first stint with the 巨大（な）s was from 2008-14. After the third World Series 栄冠を与える, he joined the Boston Red Sox as a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 and had a rough time and was 解放（する）d in the middle of the 2017 season.
He returned to the 巨大（な）s but never 回復するd 星／主役にする status while his 人気 remained high. He was 解放（する）d in September 2020 before hooking on with the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs for one gam e that season and 69 in 2021.
Sandoval 持つ／拘留するs a career 打率 of .278 with 153 ホームランs and 639 打点s in 1,380 games.
--Field Level マスコミ
