SF Giants legend unnecessarily kills Dom Smith vibes with Gold Glove argument

Legendary SF Giants first baseman J.T. Snow has not been afraid to stir the pot on social media as of late. After someone compared current Giants first baseman Dominic Smith's defense to his, he shut it down immediately.

Snow's post can be viewed below as it was in response to a post from Dave Toebner of SF Gate:

SF Giants legend shuts down comparison between himself and current player

After Toebner compared Smith to Snow, the long-time Giant responded by writing: "When Dom wins 6 GG in a row, then the comparisons can start." Yeesh.

Snow, of course, is referring to the six consecutive Gold Glove Awards he won from 1995 to 2000. Four of those came in his first four seasons with San Francisco from 1997 to 2000. He is clearly proud of them because when I got my mom a Cameo video of Snow for her birthday last year, Snow had all six of his Gold Gloves on display behind him in the video.

He has a right to be proud of them because his stellar defense is a large part of what made him such a valuable player for the Giants all those years despite a lack of offensive production in his later years with the team. Six Gold Gloves in a row is nothing to turn your nose at, so Snow does have a point when he says comparisons may be premature.

Yet, it still feels like bad taste to immediately shut down any comparison between him and Smith. While Smith may not have any Gold Gloves to show for his defensive efforts in his career, he has looked very good at first base since he was been with the Giants and has even impressed Giants broadcasters Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper.

Toebner clearly meant it as a sign of respect for Snow's ability to play first base. It is just a bad look when someone comes to their own defense like this because it seems petty and small. Maybe Snow was saying this tongue-in-cheek and was not truly trying to put Smith down, but his recent behavior on social media suggests otherwise.

He got into some hot water earlier this year after he questioned whether a player on the Seattle Mariners was actually injured after they made an incredible diving play into the net in right field. Then he decided to stir the pot a little more when the Giants celebrated Brandon Crawford by claiming the team excluded Rich Aurilia from the festivities.

Nonetheless, Snow has still been involved in the team. Back in spring training he was tasked with helping top prospect Bryce Eldridge get up to speed on his defense at first base.

Snow is still a great Giant, but maybe he should just lay off the social media sometimes because it seems to get him embroiled in controversy more than not.