SF Examiner: San Francisco Giants' Cody Ross endeared himself to fans, earned a starting spot

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner


He’s not quite a national monument. That label belongs to the other entity from Carlsbad, N.M.: the caverns. “It’s a pretty neat experience,” Cody Ross said of visiting his hometown attraction. “Especially as you get older.

“As a kid, I didn’t appreciate it as much.”

This from a ballplayer who in his career was not appreciated at all — until early last autumn.

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