Steve Holm is Getting Good Press in San Francisco Chronicle

From Host Mom:
Our Baseball Pro was the feature story in the Sports section on May 6,2008, , with a piece entitled “Well-prepared Holm catches an opportunity”

Here is a quotation from the article, noting that Steve played in San Jose during 2006 and stayed with us:

Holm hit 15 home runs in 2006 while committing two errors all season. After a year of Double-A in 2007, he became a minor-league free agent but re-signed with the Giants after being told he had a good shot to go to Triple-A Fresno this season.

Needless to say, Holm sped past Fresno on Highway 99 on his way to San Francisco, where he is batting .333 with three doubles in 27 at-bats and learning that he has reached Valhalla.

“I don’t think you understood exactly how cool the majors were going to be,” he said. “Once you get here, some things are pretty amazing, the locker rooms, the travel,” and, of course, the pitchers.

“Your pitchers can do a lot more. It makes it a little more fun to call a game because they can accomplish what you want them to do.”

At 28, Holm finally accomplished what he wanted to do. A decade after leaving Sacramento’s McClatchy High, where Washington Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson was a teammate, he is crouched behind the plate in big-league stadiums, his blond hair stuffed into a Giants helmet, quarterbacking some of the best pitchers on the planet.

Fortunately, most of the San Francisco Giants games are televised, even the away games, so can see Steve play. Go Giants!
Host Mom, Jean