Update: Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Tracking the local prospects thus far with battling the flu bug and mother nature along the way. I will be taking in 4 more games at Louisburg College in the next few days to come up with my final analysis on a couple of prospects/suspects they have, one of whom has been drafted as high as the 14th round last year by the Washington Nationals in Zach Houchins, who's made a nice transition to third base for the Canes, but has some work to do, on the plus side he's still just 19 years young and has improved overall strength since his HS days at Wilson Hunt HS, also need to get another long look at RHP Cody Cox, slender righty with nice looseness in his arm, but his delivery needs some work, also SS Steve Nyisztor, transfer from Rutgers, who had a nice All-Star showing back in 2010 at the Northwoods AS game, he really didn't stand out too much to me as a ML prospect, though he could really run, showed arm strength and some pop in his bat, I just never saw him turn on the FB and he appeared a bit stiff in his lower side to ever really hit, lots of memories came to me on him to former Ranger first rounder in 1988, Monty Farris, who really never did anything in pro ball after a decent career at Oklahoma State.. I will have write ups on these guys hopefully by next weekend, March 4 before I track to Orlando, Florida for OPCON!
This page is dedicated to the memory of some great mentors in my life, baseball people who are still in the game or once were before joining the "Angels in the Heavens".
Marti Wolever, a great friend of mine, current Scouting Director for the Phillies, Marti and I shared many good stories and ran into each other in the field many times, Marti is always very classy and willing to share family stories and memories. One of the smartest baseball men in the game, you will never meet a better evaluator in the game like Marti!
Gene Baker, late former Pirates scout among several teams Gene either played for or worked for along the way, one of his best friends was "Buck" O'Neil. Living near the Quad Cities, Gene was another man who was always kind to me and often shared great stories of his years playing baseball before the Civil Rights movement, Gene signed former ML pitcher, Bill Sampen, among severl players for the Pirates years ago.
Elmer Gray, last seen still working as a scout, Elmer ran paths with me scouting former Northwest Omaha HS star, Gregg Olson in 1985, when Elmer was the scouting boss with the Pirates at the time. Elmer also worked for the Reds and is one of the sharpest men you will ever meet!
Dale McReynolds, a long time scout with several ML Teams and at one time was also a scouting director, Dale always had the time to talk with me and share some wisdom from time to time. Among Dale's former ML players he signed was Steve Howe and Bob Welch, both from Michigan universities. We miss you Mac!
Bill is still around and he was inducted into a scouting hall of fame, Bill currently writes columns for his local paper back in Columbia, Missouri. "Clarkie" always was able to speak his mind and has been a great influence on me over the years and we stay in touch every year! Clarkie, is also known as the "world traveler" and he lifts weights for competition even after some hip and knee surgeries along the way!
"Buck" O'Neil, one of the finest gentlemen who was ever in the game of baseball, "Buck" played and managed in the Negro Leagues and he shared some great memories and stories with me one day in my first year as a "bird dog", when he came to Ralston, Nebraska for a HS baseball tourney which featured future ML relieve, Gregg Olson formerly of the Orioles. Buck is in the Hall of Fame!
Dave Karaff, a great guy who is responsible for the finding of Albert Pujols from Maplewoods College in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Dave was always nice to me and shared some great stories with me about his former years as a coach too!
Ellsworth Brown, known to us as "Brownie", great man who worked until his 90's with the Twins of all ML teams, he signed former ML stars, Kirby Puckett and Bill Madlock. Brownie was a great mentor to many of us when we were just cutting our teeth as scouts back in the day, so to speak! Often bringing his wife, Mabel with him to ball games, she would crochet or knit while Brownie sat back in his lawn chair to catch a HS game somewhere is rural Illinois where I often ran into him.
Tony Lucadello, former ML scout with the Phillies, Tony "Luc" was another great mentor to many scouts back when and he was responsible for signing over 30 former ML players, some who are now in the Hall of Fame, Mike Schmidt for one and he also signed Fergie Jenkins once upon a time ago! I first met Tony in 1988 at a Great Lakes All-Star game in South Bend, Indiana and I shared with him my late father's love for the Phillies, whom Tony had worked for, and how it was an honor to have met one of the greatest baseball scouts of all time. Tony was a very modest man and he loved working in the field as a scout!
EMAIL me anytime!
Update: Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
Tracking the local prospects thus far with battling the flu bug and mother nature along the way. I will be taking in 4 more games at Louisburg College in the next few days to come up with my final analysis on a couple of prospects/suspects they have, one of whom has been drafted as high as the 14th round last year by the Washington Nationals in Zach Houchins, who's made a nice transition to third base for the Canes, but has some work to do, on the plus side he's still just 19 years young and has improved overall strength since his HS days at Wilson Hunt HS, also need to get another long look at RHP Cody Cox, slender righty with nice looseness in his arm, but his delivery needs some work, also SS Steve Nyisztor, transfer from Rutgers, who had a nice All-Star showing back in 2010 at the Northwoods AS game, he really didn't stand out too much to me as a ML prospect, though he could really run, showed arm strength and some pop in his bat, I just never saw him turn on the FB and he appeared a bit stiff in his lower side to ever really hit, lots of memories came to me on him to former Ranger first rounder in 1988, Monty Farris, who really never did anything in pro ball after a decent career at Oklahoma State.. I will have write ups on these guys hopefully by next weekend, March 4 before I track to Orlando, Florida for OPCON!
This page is dedicated to the memory of some great mentors in my life, baseball people who are still in the game or once were before joining the "Angels in the Heavens".
Marti Wolever, a great friend of mine, current Scouting Director for the Phillies, Marti and I shared many good stories and ran into each other in the field many times, Marti is always very classy and willing to share family stories and memories. One of the smartest baseball men in the game, you will never meet a better evaluator in the game like Marti!
Gene Baker, late former Pirates scout among several teams Gene either played for or worked for along the way, one of his best friends was "Buck" O'Neil. Living near the Quad Cities, Gene was another man who was always kind to me and often shared great stories of his years playing baseball before the Civil Rights movement, Gene signed former ML pitcher, Bill Sampen, among severl players for the Pirates years ago.
Elmer Gray, last seen still working as a scout, Elmer ran paths with me scouting former Northwest Omaha HS star, Gregg Olson in 1985, when Elmer was the scouting boss with the Pirates at the time. Elmer also worked for the Reds and is one of the sharpest men you will ever meet!
Dale McReynolds, a long time scout with several ML Teams and at one time was also a scouting director, Dale always had the time to talk with me and share some wisdom from time to time. Among Dale's former ML players he signed was Steve Howe and Bob Welch, both from Michigan universities. We miss you Mac!
Bill is still around and he was inducted into a scouting hall of fame, Bill currently writes columns for his local paper back in Columbia, Missouri. "Clarkie" always was able to speak his mind and has been a great influence on me over the years and we stay in touch every year! Clarkie, is also known as the "world traveler" and he lifts weights for competition even after some hip and knee surgeries along the way!
"Buck" O'Neil, one of the finest gentlemen who was ever in the game of baseball, "Buck" played and managed in the Negro Leagues and he shared some great memories and stories with me one day in my first year as a "bird dog", when he came to Ralston, Nebraska for a HS baseball tourney which featured future ML relieve, Gregg Olson formerly of the Orioles. Buck is in the Hall of Fame!
Dave Karaff, a great guy who is responsible for the finding of Albert Pujols from Maplewoods College in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Dave was always nice to me and shared some great stories with me about his former years as a coach too!
Ellsworth Brown, known to us as "Brownie", great man who worked until his 90's with the Twins of all ML teams, he signed former ML stars, Kirby Puckett and Bill Madlock. Brownie was a great mentor to many of us when we were just cutting our teeth as scouts back in the day, so to speak! Often bringing his wife, Mabel with him to ball games, she would crochet or knit while Brownie sat back in his lawn chair to catch a HS game somewhere is rural Illinois where I often ran into him.
Tony Lucadello, former ML scout with the Phillies, Tony "Luc" was another great mentor to many scouts back when and he was responsible for signing over 30 former ML players, some who are now in the Hall of Fame, Mike Schmidt for one and he also signed Fergie Jenkins once upon a time ago! I first met Tony in 1988 at a Great Lakes All-Star game in South Bend, Indiana and I shared with him my late father's love for the Phillies, whom Tony had worked for, and how it was an honor to have met one of the greatest baseball scouts of all time. Tony was a very modest man and he loved working in the field as a scout!
EMAIL me anytime!
Tracking the local prospects thus far with battling the flu bug and mother nature along the way. I will be taking in 4 more games at Louisburg College in the next few days to come up with my final analysis on a couple of prospects/suspects they have, one of whom has been drafted as high as the 14th round last year by the Washington Nationals in Zach Houchins, who's made a nice transition to third base for the Canes, but has some work to do, on the plus side he's still just 19 years young and has improved overall strength since his HS days at Wilson Hunt HS, also need to get another long look at RHP Cody Cox, slender righty with nice looseness in his arm, but his delivery needs some work, also SS Steve Nyisztor, transfer from Rutgers, who had a nice All-Star showing back in 2010 at the Northwoods AS game, he really didn't stand out too much to me as a ML prospect, though he could really run, showed arm strength and some pop in his bat, I just never saw him turn on the FB and he appeared a bit stiff in his lower side to ever really hit, lots of memories came to me on him to former Ranger first rounder in 1988, Monty Farris, who really never did anything in pro ball after a decent career at Oklahoma State.. I will have write ups on these guys hopefully by next weekend, March 4 before I track to Orlando, Florida for OPCON!
This page is dedicated to the memory of some great mentors in my life, baseball people who are still in the game or once were before joining the "Angels in the Heavens".
Marti Wolever, a great friend of mine, current Scouting Director for the Phillies, Marti and I shared many good stories and ran into each other in the field many times, Marti is always very classy and willing to share family stories and memories. One of the smartest baseball men in the game, you will never meet a better evaluator in the game like Marti!
Gene Baker, late former Pirates scout among several teams Gene either played for or worked for along the way, one of his best friends was "Buck" O'Neil. Living near the Quad Cities, Gene was another man who was always kind to me and often shared great stories of his years playing baseball before the Civil Rights movement, Gene signed former ML pitcher, Bill Sampen, among severl players for the Pirates years ago.
Elmer Gray, last seen still working as a scout, Elmer ran paths with me scouting former Northwest Omaha HS star, Gregg Olson in 1985, when Elmer was the scouting boss with the Pirates at the time. Elmer also worked for the Reds and is one of the sharpest men you will ever meet!
Dale McReynolds, a long time scout with several ML Teams and at one time was also a scouting director, Dale always had the time to talk with me and share some wisdom from time to time. Among Dale's former ML players he signed was Steve Howe and Bob Welch, both from Michigan universities. We miss you Mac!Bill is still around and he was inducted into a scouting hall of fame, Bill currently writes columns for his local paper back in Columbia, Missouri. "Clarkie" always was able to speak his mind and has been a great influence on me over the years and we stay in touch every year! Clarkie, is also known as the "world traveler" and he lifts weights for competition even after some hip and knee surgeries along the way!"Buck" O'Neil, one of the finest gentlemen who was ever in the game of baseball, "Buck" played and managed in the Negro Leagues and he shared some great memories and stories with me one day in my first year as a "bird dog", when he came to Ralston, Nebraska for a HS baseball tourney which featured future ML relieve, Gregg Olson formerly of the Orioles. Buck is in the Hall of Fame!
Dave Karaff, a great guy who is responsible for the finding of Albert Pujols from Maplewoods College in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Dave was always nice to me and shared some great stories with me about his former years as a coach too!
Ellsworth Brown, known to us as "Brownie", great man who worked until his 90's with the Twins of all ML teams, he signed former ML stars, Kirby Puckett and Bill Madlock. Brownie was a great mentor to many of us when we were just cutting our teeth as scouts back in the day, so to speak! Often bringing his wife, Mabel with him to ball games, she would crochet or knit while Brownie sat back in his lawn chair to catch a HS game somewhere is rural Illinois where I often ran into him.
Tony Lucadello, former ML scout with the Phillies, Tony "Luc" was another great mentor to many scouts back when and he was responsible for signing over 30 former ML players, some who are now in the Hall of Fame, Mike Schmidt for one and he also signed Fergie Jenkins once upon a time ago! I first met Tony in 1988 at a Great Lakes All-Star game in South Bend, Indiana and I shared with him my late father's love for the Phillies, whom Tony had worked for, and how it was an honor to have met one of the greatest baseball scouts of all time. Tony was a very modest man and he loved working in the field as a scout!