Originally posted by YoungGunDad: My son called me this afternoon saying he received a call earlier from a Scout representing the Nationals...that he wanted to get his schedule to come see some games and talk.
When it comes to all this recruiting and scouting I will admit that we are very vulnerable and naive to a fault. We are still on cloud 9 from early signing this fall so this call has took us by surprise.
How would one go about checking to see if this Scout is indeed with this organization and not someone misrepresenting himself? It's just a legitimacy concern and I hope any of you can understand.
If you want to know if the guy is a scout or not pm me. I play with the Nationals and my Dad was a scout with the Nationals.
Scouts are concerned with basically two things:
1. Can you play?
2. How much money do you want to sign?
Other factors work into it of course but it always comes back to the above questions.
They are not trying to blow sunshine up your a** or recruit you. They are very different from college coaches in that regard.
If the guy is misrepresenting himself he is only making himself look bad. It will not effect you at all.
Trust me, I'm a scouts son. I've been drafted three times. I know how it works.
"Hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sport" - Ted Williams
Posts: 253 | Location: Seattle | Registered: June 01, 2007
You just got the best offer you could, from Beemax. He's legit. I knew his father a little bit, long time scout in our area and Beemax played his high school ball here, before going to UCLA to play with the Bruins.
Posts: 1233 | Location: California | Registered: January 10, 2004
What does it matter what the kid throws? The question was how do you find out if the guy telling your kid he is a scout really is a scout. I think its a good question.
Posts: 1176 | Location: NJ | Registered: December 30, 2002
The player according to his own dad tops out at 85 mph.
Thanks Beemax for the info. Since I originally posted this I received a tremendous amount of advise from good people such as yourself.
Frank/Andy...do you just choose to hear/say what you like, or do you ever listen? He did throw 85 last summer but has more recently been gunned several times at 89 and I told you this.
I agree with njbb, what my son did or does throw has nothing to do at all with why I originally posted this question.
"Dedicate yourself to a mighty purpose. Win with humility, lose with grace."
Posts: 389 | Location: Georgia | Registered: July 15, 2005
Originally posted by Drill: Congratulations on your sons success
Take all the drama out of it and just call ask for his SS# and do a background check and talk some baseball
Respectfully yours,
drill
Oh please..I understand that this is a business to many people. Perhaps that is one of the problems plaguing baseball right now..the business model is, apparently, not spurning a great deal of confidence from the public. So, yes, as a parent, I'm going to exert my influence as long as I can. I realize my days are numbered. But I did ask and I would ask again about a scout's recommendation. It was our first experience. And I think you do a huge disservice to parents who are going through this first experience by implying that by asking you are being overprotective or overbearing..as I felt was suggested by your remark about SS#, etc.
I hardly ever come back with a harsh retort. But this one really got to me.
Posts: 449 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: October 14, 2005
Originally posted by Frank Martin: name the MLB Scout who clocked him at 89 MPH
*****striking out four, walking none and allowing only one earned run.
Frank/Andy, you just made me finally realize that anything you say or post on here has no sense whatsoever. NONE. I had hoped that you would prove me wrong somewhere along the way but I see that is out of the question.
Son's head coach clocked him with his very own radar gun. What a shocker! A highschool BB head coach with a radar gun! What a concept, huh?
And the stats you so eloquently posted were from my son's first start this season against a larger classification team...and won 14-4.
You apparently still do not follow why I originally posted this thread in the first place. It's been a dead issue from 2 days after it happened so let it go.
It's baseball season. Time to play ball.
"Dedicate yourself to a mighty purpose. Win with humility, lose with grace."
Posts: 389 | Location: Georgia | Registered: July 15, 2005
Frank Martin, I have no clue what's going on between you and YGD.
You work with young players?
There is nothing I hate more here on the HSBBW than when someone, especially someone who works with kids, tries to make them look bad, the parent look bad, another team look bad, another program look bad. Those type of people have NO business being in the BUSINESS.
FYI and anyone elses, you don't have such stellar stats yourself, if you get what i am saying.
From here on in, I would keep it to posting articles, your walking a thin line here.
Posts: 10774 | Location: South Florida | Registered: July 28, 2003
If we all put him on our 'ignore' list, his postings would be for naught as no one would read them. Have considered doing that with some others as well if you get my drift.
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Posts: 3937 | Location: Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight ... | Registered: January 02, 2003
"There is nothing I hate more here on the HSBBW than when someone, especially someone who works with kids, tries to make them look bad..."
YoungGunDad,
Congratulations, it sounds like your son has some fun and exciting times ahead of him! I'm not sure why Frank Martin/Andy would try to downgrade your son in our forums, but that is totally unacceptable and he won't be able to do that any longer.
Best wishes to your son!
Julie
Posts: 3627 | Location: Minnesota | Registered: January 04, 2003
