TEMPE, Ariz. -- Ryan Vogelsong's story previously was tailor-made for Hollywood. His long winding rode to major league success included an industry, reconstructive knee surgery and a number of random stamps on the passport. On Wednesday, Vogelsong unveiled another twist. He focused last season's postseason realizing that his father, Harold, was preventing prostate cancer. Harold had expected to come to Arizona and observe his son represent Team USA in the World Baseball Classic next month, but radiation solutions started Wednesday. "It is weighing on my mind only a little bit," Vogelsong explained, "But at the same time, football is kind of the getaway." Vogelsong had a ERA last postseason, his first as a huge leaguer, going 3-0 and dominating in Game 3 of the Planet Series. Harold had long since known that he had prostate cancer and will need surgery, but his daughter said any potential disruptions were tied to the very fact that Harold did not enjoy much. "They kept reassuring me that he was going to be fine," Vogelsong said. "He is got a great medical practitioner in Boston that is said to be among the best in the world with prostate cancer. We are very confident that will hit it out. We're just hoping that rays will hit it out and that he's not likely to have too much of a rough time." Vogelsong pitched three innings contrary to the La Angels on Wednesday and afterward stood seriously in a hall nearby the dugout, awaiting a He said he's just a couple of alterations to make in his closing start before joining the remainder of his WBC teammates. Unlike when he leaves camp lots of his Giants teammates, Vogelsong will not have a lot of a modification. Group USA's exercises are at a center that's provided by the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, and is right across the street from Vogelsong's spring training rental home. Vogelsong said he is just starting to get more and more stoked up about representing his country, but he thinks the knowledge will undoubtedly be worth even more to his parents, wife and friends back. "It is really a quite wonderful opportunity," he said. "I think that enhances the enjoyment that this is planning to bring." For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
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