Gavin Newsom let fake baseball career rumors boost him for years — and his new book omits key facts

Source: New York Post

In a 2004 home opener, the San Francisco Giants invited Gavin Newsom, then the city’s newly minted mayor, to throw out the first pitch, though it grounded and hit a photographer. As he took the mound, the announcer stated that Newsom had “played first base for the University of Santa Clara and was drafted by the Texas Rangers. ” Newsom was never drafted by any professional team – and saying he played on the Santa Clara baseball team in college is also a stretch, considering he never participated in an official game at the junior varsity or varsity level and was only on the team at the very most for a few months.