Giants Draftee Ryan Scoma’s Path to the Pros: The San Carlos Product Makes Good

What were you doing about three months shy of your 22nd birthday?  Better yet, what were you doing in the final days of your senior year of college?

I can't answer either question—don't know the first answer and the second one's not appropriate for innocent eyes (or those of my parents).  I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

Ryan Scoma, who hits the double deuce in September, had several irons in the fire.

He had his last final to take in geology. Then he had to actually graduate from UC Davis.  Plus, there was the matter of a phone call—not from a particular person, but containing a very particular message.

That's because Scoma had tossed his name into the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, where he was grabbed by the San Francisco Gi...

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