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The Lord of the (Diamond) Ring

MLB.com Feature Story

June 4, 2002

By Sandy Burgin
MLB.com

SAN DIEGO - He has been called the Rolls-Royce of college closers ... The Lord of the (Diamond) Ring.

Royce Ring is all that and maybe more.

The 6-0, 215-pound left-handed junior reliever for San Diego State University may well be a first-round draft pick in today's First-Year Player Draft.

When he was a senior and the team MVP at Monte Vista High in Spring Valley, Calif., he was selected in the 41st round by the Cleveland Indians. However, with a fastball that only topped 87 mph he decided to go to college in his hometown of San Diego and work at honing his game.

And he certainly did that.

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