@Francis7 posted:I didn't think bird dogs were affiliated or had any real legit connection to a team? More so, I thought that they were buddies of actual scouts who would sometimes mention a name and maybe get a bottle of wine or some swag if one of the names actually turned into something. This not true?
Nobody credible would approach a kid in the middle of a game. Most likely, it’s a wanna be scout that the real scouts kind of laugh about behind their back.
There is a certain segment of the population that, because of something lacking in their own life, try to bring attention to themselves by living through someone else, or trying to be something they are not. For whatever reason, the sports world has more than its share of that element, between the Baseball Dads and the other fringe elements surrounding the game.