[3][7] Following his senior season at Washington State, Ramsay was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the seventh round of the 1996 draft.

[9][10] After the 2000 season with Seattle, Ramsay spent 2001 at Triple-A Tacoma, then was diagnosed with brain cancer (glioblastoma multiforme) in early 2002.

[11] After surgeries, chemotherapy, and radiation treatment, he attempted a comeback in 2003 with the San Diego Padres organization,[12][13][14][15] but it ended his baseball career.

[16] Ramsay lived in Pullman in the off-season during his pro career,[13] and spent some of his retirement coaching and teaching in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,[16] his wife Samantha's hometown.

[17][18] The family moved back down to the Palouse at Moscow, where Samantha, a former Penn State and WSU volleyball player (setter),[17][18] became an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of Idaho in 2010.