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 On
Thursday, June 25th, Athletics Rising
Star Ryan Sweeney livened up the East
Bay with a special signing at Sports
Gallery Walnut Creek.
Ryan
Sweeney,
a graduate of Xavier High School in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, was ranked the No. 1 Prospect
in the Chicago White Sox organization
in 2007. Ryan had originally signed to
play collegiately for Tony Gwynn at San
Diego State, but instead signed with the
White Sox after being taken in the 2nd
round of the 2003 MLB Draft. Ryan became
an Athletic on January 3, 2008 when he
was traded to Oakland (along with fellow
prospects Fautino De Los Santos and Gio
Gonzalez) for A's outfielder Nick Swisher.
Billy Bean strikes again! In 2009, Ryan
is patrolling Center Field like nobody
else in the Lleague, already the owner
of several ESPN web gems and home-run
robbing catches. A can't miss MLB star
on the rise, Ryan is the future of the
A's.
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