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Brian Gerald Snitker has been managing the Atlanta Braves for nine years as of 2024. Remarkably, he began his career as a baseball player in high school and college before playing in the minor leagues for the Atlanta Braves. However, his playing career never took off and he later joined the Braves as a roving instructor before getting hired as a minor league manager for the Anderson Braves in 1982. After serving as a coach in the minor leagues, he was made the manager for the Altanta Braves in 2016 and has been serving the role since. Moreover, Snitker’s guidance as a manager led the Atlanta Braves to win the World Series Championship in 2021. Furthermore, they also won the National League title in 2021 and NL East Division title in 2020 and 2021. Snitker was also declared as the NL Manager of the Year in 2018.
Who is Brian Snitker’s wife, Ronnie Snitker?
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Ronnie Snitker is the wife of Brian Snitker. Ronnie was called Veronica Sylvester before their marriage.
How old is Ronnie Snitker?
Ronnie Snitker was born on August 15, 1956 in Verona, Pennsylvania, United States and is 67 years old as of May 2024.
What does Ronnie Snitker do for a living?
Ronnie Snitker completed her graduation in speech pathology and audiology from Georgia State University and was a speech pathologist at an elementary school when she and Brian Snitker first met. Her present profession remains unavailable in the public domain as of 2024.
How long have Brian Snitker and Ronnie Snitker been together?
Brian Snitker and wife Ronnie Snitker has been married for a long time. The couple first met when Brian Snitker was a minor league coach and Ronnie Snitker was working as a speech pathologist in an elementary school. They were introduced to each other by Cito Gaston who was roommates with Brian Snitker at the time. Despite their relative differences in foods, the couple hit it off and started a romantic relationship by moving in together, much to the disappointment of Brian Snitker’s parents as they were Catholics. The couple married later. Unfortunately around 1993, Ronnie Snitker was diagnosed with breast cancer. However, the couple struggled and managed to overcome the disease.
Interstingly, Brian Snitker and his wife Ronnie Snitker have traveled to many places in the country because of his minor league coaching profession. They also bought a Chevy Astro van and turned it into a traveling home with a table for eating, a TV and a VCR for their children’s entertainment.
How many children do Brian Snitker and Ronnie Snitker have?
Brian Snitker and his wife Ronnie Snitker has two children together. Their eldest child, daughter Erin Goodman was born in December 1986 and their second child, son Troy Snitker was born in 1988. Moreover, Troy Snitker is serving as the hitting coach for the Houston Astros in Major League Baseball (MLB) and faced off against his father’s team in the 2021 World Series, which his father and the Atlanta Braves won. However, he won the World Series with the Houston Astros in 2022.