The way Jake Carlock sees it, he must overcome all the “nots’’ that make him who he is.
As once one of the longest of longshots to stay around when the final rosters are announced — and not long ago no favorite to even slip onto the practice squad — Carlock’s spring and summer with the Giants represent past and ongoing battles to prove he is more than what he appears to be.
“I think for me, it’s all about effort,’’ Carlock said after a performance Thursday night that stamped him as a youngster to watch. “I’m not the biggest.