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DOWN-TO-EARTH CO-OWNER CANADIAN JEFF MALLETT HAS HIGH HOPES FOR GIANTS

By Bruce Constantineau, Postmedia News

Tom Valcke on left, 2007 Inductee John Haar in middle and Giants owner Jeff Mallett 2nd from the right at the 2007 Induction Ceremony.VANCOUVER — Who was that wildly enthusiastic fan sitting in the second row behind the San Francisco Giants’ on-deck circle on Wednesday in the first game of the World Series? If he was wearing sneakers, jeans, a black jacket and orange sweater, it was probably Jeff Mallett, the North Vancouver-born, Victoria-raised co-owner of the National League pennant winners.

“We have a fancy-schmancy owners box, but I almost never sit in there,” Mallett said just before the start of Game 1 against the Texas Rangers. “We like to sit right down by the field unless we’re hosting the commissioner or some really big sponsors and have to use the box.”

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