Camp began his baseball career as a catcher at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia. He graduated from high school in 1994 and continued as a backstop in college while attending George Mason University, the school from which he would be drafted. Struggling to hit collegiate pitching, Camp converted to a pitcher at George Mason with the help of then Patriots assistant baseball coach Dayton Moore.\n', '

Camp was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1997 amateur entry draft by the San Diego Padres; the five hundredth overall selection of that year\'s draft. The newly converted reliever steadily climbed the ranks of the Padres\' minor league system, collecting 25 saves in his first two years of professional baseball.\n', '

On July 10, 2001, Camp was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for outfielder Emil Brown. He continued to advance in the minors, receiving an invitation to the Pirates spring training camp in 2003. Failing to make the major league team, however, Camp was granted free agency by Pittsburgh at the end of the season.\n', '

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