Don't miss your chance to meet A's players Daric Barton and Ryan Sweeney Friday, July 11th at City Center Plaza at Broadway and 12th Street in Downtown Oakland. Daric and Ryan will be there from noon to 1 p.m. to sign autographs courtesy of City Center Dental Spa, the Preferred Dentist of the Oakland Athletics. Daric William Barton (born August 16, 1985 in Springfield, Vermont) is a Major League Baseball first baseman who plays for the Oakland Athletics. Barton was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2003 Major League Baseball draft in the 1st round as the 28th overall player selected. He was selected right out of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, California. Barton had signed on to attend Cal State Fullerton and play baseball there, but accepted a one million dollar signing bonus from the Cardinals instead. On December 19, 2004, he was involved in the big deal that sent Barton along with pitchers Dan Haren and Kiko Calero to the Oakland Athletics for starting pitcher Mark Mulder. Ryan Joseph Sweeney (born February 20, 1985 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics. Sweeney graduated from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids in 2003. At the beginning of the 2007 season, Ryan was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 Prospect in the White Sox organization. On January 3, 2008, the White Sox traded Sweeney along with fellow prospects Fautino De Los Santos and Gio Gonzalez to Oakland for outfielder Nick Swisher.
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