Logan Webb’s Success With Giants No Surprise To Those Back Home In Rocklin

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ROCKLIN (CBS13) — Rocklin autochthonal Logan Webb made past Friday nighttime becoming conscionable the 3rd Giants pitcher ever to spell 7-plus innings allowing nary runs and signaling 10 strikeouts successful the postseason.

His occurrence was sending waves of pridefulness into Placer County and beyond, but nary 1 is truly shocked by his travel that began connected draught time 7 abbreviated years ago.

What was hard to representation for the then-high schoolhouse elder backmost successful 2014 is present crystal clear. The erstwhile Rocklin High star—a rookie with an limb arsenic beardown arsenic his thrust to win—is present starring the Giants’ playoff push. Those who knew him backmost past aren’t the slightest spot amazed by his saccharine success.

“When helium puts his caput to it, he’s gonna get it done,” Webb’s erstwhile Rocklin High manager Steven Moller told CBS13.

Moller knew this kid had thing special—talent, sure, but thing deeper.

“But you person to person thing wrong you that fires you up and has that intensity, and helium has it,” Moller said.

He besides has a grin arsenic sneaky arsenic his slider. He flashed that for america erstwhile we archetypal met on with a astonishing reply to a definite question.

“Are you a Giants fan?” we asked him backmost successful 2014 aft helium was drafted. Webb laughed and responded with, “I’m really an A’s fan.”

Webb whitethorn person spun himself into a spot of occupation with that answer, but you tin conjecture who his favourite squad is now.

The rookie from Rocklin is rocking the shot world, equipped with wicked endowment and maybe—just maybe—a crystal ball.

“Where bash you spot yourself successful 5 years?” we asked him backmost successful 2014. Webb said, “Hopefully pitching astatine AT&T [Park].”

Well, the name’s present Oracle Park and helium was disconnected by a mates of years, but this young man’s imaginativeness is present sharply successful absorption connected baseball’s biggest stage.

One different enactment astir Webb: His erstwhile manager taught him patience due to the fact that Webb was known to beryllium hard-headed connected the mound. He threw what transportation helium wanted to propulsion and, apparently, that’s each good.

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