SAN FRANCISCO — Until he was four of five years old, Scooter Gennett answered to his given name, Ryan.
The Giants’ new second baseman gave himself his nickname one day in a child’s misguided attempt the avoid the long arm of the law.
Gennett had gotten into the habit of unlocking his seatbelt in the backseat each time his mother started driving. He was trying to annoy his mom, and it worked.
“I did that like three or four times she would have to stop, get out of the car, put it back on, tell me not to do it,” Gennett said.