Sergio Romo

San Francisco Giants Sergio Romo Interview

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SF Giants pitcher Sergio Romo talks about his love of San Francisco, his favorite restaurants, pitching in the World Series and his all time favorite Giant. What was your reaction when you were drafted by the Giants in 2005? I was really proud. It was definitely a moment I had been working for, for a long time. I was very thankful, very appreciative because getting drafted means getting an opportunity to be someone, and getting an opportunity to be someone is all I've ever asked for, so I was really proud. Who was your favorite baseball player when you were a kid? When I was a kid growing up, I used to like Greg Maddux. Greg Maddux was a guy who was crafty. He could do so many awesome things with a baseball on the mound during a game. I never threw particularly hard and neither did he. He was just a crafty and controlled guy, and that's just how I was, so I emulated him a lot. Who is your current favorite baseball player? Brandon Crawford is definitely my favorite player to watch. The things he's able to do on a baseball field, defensively, he's like the professor out there. It's pretty cool. What was your favorite major league team when you were growing up? Wearing Giant's' gear now, I (ironically) grew up a Dodgers fan. I grew up emulating my father. Everything he liked, I did. So I grew up a Dodgers' fan like him. You've mentioned that you almost joined the Navy. Did you always want to be a professional baseball player? I wanted to be an electrician when I was younger. I was really good at math and electronics. When I did want to be in the Navy, I tested to be a sonar tech. I figured I'd be an electrician and coach baseball—not a bad deal. How did you know you wanted to be a pitcher? My father. My father is 55 years old and he still plays (baseball) down in Mexico. I tagged along with him when I was growing up. He took me everywhere to watch him play. I credit my father for instilling the game into my life. Pitching-wise, when I got to junior college, they took the bat out of my hands and said "Hey, you'd have a better shot at being a pitcher," so I just started pitching. My grandfathers, on both sides (of my family), they were both pitchers, too, so it was just kind of one of those things—destined to be, in the sense. When you have visitors in town, what do you like to take them to do in San Francisco? I like to go down to North Beach. There's a place called Don Pisto's that I like. It's an upscale Mexican restaurant. The food is authentic, but it's modern. I also send people to Union Square. There are so many places to go and things to do. I just tell people to come in general. Just come out. What are some of your favorite places to eat in San Francisco? Besides Don Pistos, I also like the House of Prime Rib. I like La Taqueria down in the Mission and Fresca's in West Portal. You have a day off to explore the city—what do you do? I like to get up to a lookout point, a place with a view, because you have to see the way the fog rolls into the city. Go up on a hill in Sausalito and look at the Golden Gate Bridge. What do you love most about living here? I like the diversity, from the people to the food to the way people dress, the way they carry themselves, their personalities. I love how everyone is so freely accepted here. Read the story here: http://wheretraveler.com/san-francisco/sergio-romo-loves-san-francisco-heres-why#ixzz2XWQrJ8mZ Subscribe to the WhereTV YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WhereTVworldwide Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhereTraveler Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/WhereTraveler