Scout Contact

Dow, it's great you're getting interest. If it is a bird-dog scout I'm sure you'll get a lot more so sit tight. If it it is more than a bird-dog scout they will know how to find you if they're serious.

I would like the other members to weigh in, but I'd venture to guess that most of the pro contact will occur in your senior year, as opposed to college contact. Just keep going to the high-profile events and you'll be okay.

By the way, be sure to go to the pro tryout coming up soon.

I agree with BUM on this. I can’t see you helping your stock with professional baseball by initiating contact with a scout. I also agree with BUM on the senior year as being the most active time for pro scouts opposed to the junior year for colleges. You need to focus on improving your game, keep your exposure up with a good summer team and some showcases. As BUM said the pro tryouts are good too. Keep you academics strong and trust that professional baseball will do it’s job. Getting a college scholarship and getting into professional baseball is very different. To get a college scholarship you have to initiate a lot of contacts and stay proactive because each college only has one or two people scouting for talent while each professional organization has a staff of professional scouts plus the scouting bureau devoting many hours looking at and evaluating players. It's great they are looking at you.
Fungo

Agree with Bum and Fungo - but add this - Keep the card and use it to fill in "scouts who have seen you play" section in questionaires you receive from colleges or in Perfect Game showcase applications. Coaches will call the scout. You don't need to. When they want to talk to you more, they will.

since you have his address send him pizza, scouts love to have free food delivered to them, while they are writting up them resports. If a MLB scout is really interested in you he gonna get your contac info. Just in case he wants to send you a pizza in return.

Andy

The kid asks a serious question and you act the buffoon---get real

TR apparently you never went to an IVY League college. I said clearly any mlb scout showing interest is gonna ask for your address and phone number and other info. You can't draft or contact the player without that information.

Plus you can't order a pizza either without a phone number or address either.

You must be real upset over that cold New England weather.

Andy

Read you post above--has nothing to do with what you say here---and no I did not attend an Ivy League college--have you?

Weather---normal April in the Northeast--some of us do not run from it--we accept it

Cold in Atlanta today as well or are you in Miami--you and your split personality

I just wanted to know what I should do from here really...

Dowbaseballcub

Nuttin. Just keep working to improve your game. Attend pro tryout camps and some hs showcases too. I


TR, I spent a summer at UPENN. They have real good Italian food in Philly.

T,

You have a PM.
catchersdad

The pizza comment was one of the most obtuse i've ever seen on this site. what the heck are you talking about???

Andy


you did not attend UPENN--- fess up --you were coaching, supposedly at any rate, coaching a summer team in that area---hitting coach was it not ---LOL---but you never returned for a encore season

TR,

Yep duh was a hitting coach, made the playoffs and 9 players turn pro.

Dorms were a bit small.


Team moved at the end of the season. Just in case you are wondering have been offer other NCAA summer league jobs since then, turned them all down.

How many coaching jobs have you turned down TR?

ANDY


Why did you turn them down? Wow 9 players going pro and you turned them down ---
What I do is my life ---there have been opportunities--I have my own thing going and I like it this way---acting as a consultant with a great staff of coaches and great people --the only one who can take away my "title" is my wife

Dowbaseballclub,

Keep that card, and any others you receive, in a file folder. It's mostly a nice souvenir of a very exciting time in your life. Don't contact the scout unless he says something like, "call me if you have any questions."

There were some who did say that, after some in home visits. Mostly they were trying to figure out how signable our son was, and wanted him to let them know if he had any change in what he was asking or plans (going to school vs. signing) leading up to the draft.

We never called any scout to ask anything like, "So what do you think?" or "What are my chances?" But we did call a couple just before the draft if they had left those instructions with us.

Sitting tight and not calling at this time of year is hard, but I think with MLB that is pretty much what you need to do.

TR:
$$$$

Andy

I guess they believed you werent worth what you wanted--INTERESTING

Another way to approach it---have your coach call and chat with him--sort of feel him out--let the scout know your schedule--it doesn't come from you it comes from the coach---we do that quite often

TR
Does it make sense to take a job where you would be making 50% less than you could in other baseball jobs.

Andy

To be honest nothing makes sense with you--- to many peorsonalities in one to understand you

TR so you failed typing 101
(to) should be: too
(peorsonalities): personalities

How many college select showcase players have been drafted in the last 2 years?

Inquiring minds like to know how well your 9,500 posts have been in attracting quality ball players.

Andy

You always come back to this---your mind is not inquiring , it is empty and wandering

By the way you passed the test you picked up the typos---Congratulations

In terms of posts, you might actually have more than I do except for the fact that you keep changing IDS after getting thrown out of libraries on college grounds


As for draft picks what does that have to do with anything ?---they key for us is kids getting exposure to college coaches---that is what we are here for --- you are the one hung up on draft picks--not me

TR as usual you duck questions because you don't want people to know the truth.
I have counted 3 .

ANDY


You didnt read what I said---we are more concerned with the kids getting into college--- you worry about the draft players---


Well enough of dealing with cartoon characters--I have work to do

Can you both possibly take this elsewhere?

DOW

I always get up !!!

I would hate to tell you how many times he has been cut off on this site only to reappear with a new ID--he is like the CLass Clown

DOW, this goes back as far as the Hatfields and the McCoys. Don't really know how, when or why it started, but I think it's fun!

POP TIME

I enjoy it as well--as I usually win the debates---do you recall Andy telling me emphatically that Dustin Pedroia was the next SS for the Red Sox and I told him NOW WAY he was the second sacker---LOL

It is all in fun--to many PC people worrying

TR argues with everyone sorta like Bill O-Reilly and Rosie O' Donnell.

Dustin played 27 games at SS and 6 games at 2B in 2006 for the Red Sox.
74 games at SS and 33 games at 2B in 2006 for the Pawtucket Red Sox in 2006.


Since you such a Sox fan have recent HS showcase player hitting .300 for Pawtucket Red Sox in 2007.

This is definitely entertaining, but since I have no idea who this "Andy" guy is, I have no idea why I"m entertained. I do know that as a parent of a player who attended a College Select showcase and played on a College Select tournament team, "Andy's" comments are fairly offensive.

noreast

There is no way we are the same person---trust me on this---anyone who has met him can tell you that---Not only am I older I am better looking

Just step back a minute, fellas, and think about what has become of Dow's post. He's a great kid (I have met him) and deserves better than this.

Thank you sir! I really appreciate it. Where is T playing this year? Will we cross paths?

YEah, he'll be on the Seattle A's this year, so I'm pretty sure they play the WAVE once or twice. Hopefully he will have a much better game than when he faced your team last summer -- I think that was by far his worst outing ever......just one of those days!! He's much better than he was on that day......

So, yes, look forward to saying howdy again this year. We get back June 19th.