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Female scout for Mariners

Byyankeebiscuitfan

Remember “Trouble with the Curve” in which Atlanta Braves’ scout Clint Eastwood’s daughter appears to have an eye and ear for talent as well? Well the next story is something similar.

Ron Hopkins, assistant to GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a longtime MLB scout and Director of scouting for the Texas Rangers. Well, his daughter, Amanda, has been signed by the Mariners to be their talent scout for the region of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. The 22-year old joined the Mariners as an intern and spent time with the club during her time off from the CWU softball team.

Even though she is only 22, she has quite some experience in the baseball/softball world. She played four years of softball at Central Washington University where she served as team captain.

Mariners scouting director Tom McNamara said: “We sent her to scout school and she ranked pretty high in the class. When I called to tell her we’d nominated her for scout school, she was in tears on the phone, literally in tears. It was kind of chilling. It meant a lot to her.”

According to the Mariners, Amanda is the first female baseball scout since the middle of the twentieth century when Edith Houghton scouted for the Philadelphia Phillies for which she discovered several players that would be part of the Wizz Kids team. Bessie Largent scouted for the White Sox, together with her husband, and helped to sign Luke Appling in 1930.

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