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lonelybrewerfan
10-14-2002, 01:58 PM
does anybody know of any good books about scouting? i alreday read "dollar sign on the muscle," which I would reccomend to everybody.
thanks
Jason
Max Power
10-14-2002, 03:14 PM
The Game According To Syd
was pretty interesting..............
sweaver
10-14-2002, 04:38 PM
"Dollar Sign" is the best known. "Baseball Is a Funny Game" by Garagiola has a very funny chapter about scouting that is also very revealing. Bill James talks about scouting frequently in the New Historical Baseball Abstract. One of Roger Angell's books, can't remember which right this second, has a good chapter on travelling with scout Ray Scarborough.

Can't think of many books just about scouting, though.
Max Power
10-14-2002, 05:09 PM
Gotta look - - there's an OK one out there about the scout that killed himself - - - anyone know it?
Skip
10-14-2002, 05:23 PM
That was Baden Powell, right?
lonelybrewerfan
10-14-2002, 06:17 PM
i am kindof surprised by lack of books out there. dollar sign is terriffic and i read the book by syd thrift and was very dissapointed.
Max Power
10-14-2002, 07:04 PM
How about
"Super Scout" by Jim Russo?

Skip - - the guy I'm thinking of was named Tony, I think.
Skip
10-14-2002, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by Max Power
How about
"Super Scout" by Jim Russo?

Skip - - the guy I'm thinking of was named Tony, I think. That was a smart-aleck post (surprise). Lord Baden Powell was the founder of the Boy 'Scouts'. I'll just languish here in obscurity, while you scratch your head about what the heck my point really was then.
lonelybrewerfan
10-14-2002, 07:12 PM
check on amazon, the book exists!
gyb13
10-15-2002, 02:11 AM
Originally posted by Skip
That was a smart-aleck post (surprise). Lord Baden Powell was the founder of the Boy 'Scouts'. I'll just languish here in obscurity, while you scratch your head about what the heck my point really was then.
Baden Powell was also the name of a very famous samba musician....