Scout coming to see my kid-

Sounds like a 'bird dog scout'. Typically not on payroll but works with scouts who are.

You'll see a bunch on these guys if you google 'bird dog scout'.

Good question! I hope people don't get scolded on the HSBBW. Scouting is like a grapevine in that it has many tentacles. Usually the first to see talent is the scouts at the end of the grapevine or the "bird dog" as the previous poster indicated. He/She in turn will report to an area scout what he has seen and they go from there. Understand too that many in the "baseball game" (former players, coaches, showcase promoters etc) give information to different scouts and some are self proclaimed "scouts". Many of these people are very reputable while some lack creditability. The talented player draws all kind of interest and everyone talks about the talented player hoping to impress the scout with the talent they have "discovered". Scouting has many levels and is a "process" --- not a single event.
Fungo

Thanks for the info, and the patience with my 'ignorance', -this is mostly what I was thinking, that there must be many levels to the scouting process, every little bit helps I guess!

PGStaff,

You have a PM

Thanks...

Mom (cleanup14):

PM me if you would like more details. I think I can fill you in on the scout you are talking about and what he is about. He was, and continues to be very helpful with my son.

Just want to say thanks again to birdman14 for being helpful & to the others for responding. It's nice to find a place where people are nice, at my local forum it seems that there are always brawls breaking out between parents over which kid is best or who did what to whom...

I have posted there before (to deaf ears) that we come to boards like this for the same reason- we have kids who have loved the game since they were old enough to lift a bat. If everyone remembered that, there would be alot less hostility on baseball forums.