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This is a bit off-topic, but I used to work with this woman that did some sort of scouting for the Red Sox in the Puget Sound area. I don't know if she was actually paid, or just a friend of the organization and part of their informal intelligence network. Anyway, she was heavily involved in youth baseball and knew most of the big name local players. She told me that Matt Tuiasosopo was a tremendous athlete but that he didn't have baseball instincts. That was right after he was drafted. She also told me early on that most people in the Mariners organization thought Ryan Anderson would never pitch again. I forget when that was, but I'm assuming he was in the midst of one of his rehab stints somewhere around the 2002-2003 time frame.