Never in my wildest dreams did I think this would ever happen!! Thank you to the San Francisco Giants for giving me this opportunity!!! pic.twitter.com/8zchAbUq5U
John Gavin must still be pinching himself after a lifelong dream turned into reality Tuesday afternoon when the San Francisco Giants took a hometown kid in the eighth round of the 2017 MLB Draft.
“It was first shock and then I started yelling and jumping up and down, and then I actually kind of broke down and started crying,” Gavin said during a conference call with the media. “I mean, this has literally been a dream of mine since I was 5 years old to get drafted by the San Francisco Giants.