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When the truck wasn’t there, they would draw the heavy metal gate closed and lock it, or else pay a scout to sit out front watching, relaying surveillance intel when needed.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Full disclosure: I didn’t study up before the road trip except to scout charging locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rogers had little impact and was described as a "slow burner" by former scout Des Taylor, who brought him in.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“I think every scout, if they scout for any length of time, is going to have one player that just is special to you. Jimmy Abbott was that,” Fontaine told JapanBall in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Take some soldiers and scout around. See if you can find a great hard timber, a big log or tree trunk, something that will serve as a battering ram.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

At 6-foot-3 with the route-running ability that once made scouts slack-jawed, he still possesses the skills to be a game-changing force at 24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Coaches and scouts suggested the young and wiry Martínez might never develop into a pitcher as successful as his brother Ramon, but Claire did not fault them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Kerr left the Alaskan frontier believing baseball could be his future and was able to land a tryout for a pair of MLB scouts at a high school in Reno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Both Fontaines were scouts well ahead of the deep empirical and objective analysis of baseball data — sabermetrics is the catch-all term — that some believe has made scouts obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The team could lose, in fact could be beaten badly, but Ben wanted and needed a credible game while under the dispassionate gaze of college scouts.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy