Eye for talent : interviews with veteran baseball scouts / edited by P.J. Dragseth ; foreword by Lenny Yochim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yochim, Lenny, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Dragseth, P. J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball scouts--United States--Biography.

Baseball scouts.

Baseball--United States--History.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Baseball scouts are often unseen, seldom recognized, and usually underappreciated by fans, but they have contributed enormously to the development and evolution of baseball at all levels, from the players they signed to the changes in the business climate of the game. This book presents original interviews with 19 baseball scouts. In many cases, these veterans are a vanishing breed; among the most respected baseball men in the business, most have a minimum of forty years' experience in scouting. They share their experiences as players, their development as scouts while the business and the gam

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by Lenny Yochim; Preface; Introduction; The Interviews; Hugh Alexander; Dick Egan; Jerry Gardner; Jethro "Jeth" McIntyre; Ellis Clary; Dick Wilson; Gene "Junior" Thompson; Bobby Mattick; Al LaMacchia; George Genovese; Julian Mock; Fred McAlister; Gib Bodet; Phil Rizzo; Cecil Espy; Bob Harrison; George Digby; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-5813-5