Lennie recently passed away at the age of 98 (May 5, 1917 – May 30, 2015), during his 50 years of scouting for the MLB, he found David Cox, see Newspaper clipping from Gloucester Times, stating that while scouting in the New England area. He had come to watch Gloucester’s Frankie Destino and Lynn English’s Johnny Hyde, but found in the midst David Cox.
“This Cox boy is a smooth operator, and looks like he can hit” said Lennie. “He’s a senior, you say? Looks like a good collge prospect to me. Has the arm, the speed and the power. One of the best boys I’ve seen this season”.
David continues to show his passion for sports through his photography of local Gloucester High School Sports, and published here on GoodMorningGloucester. David’s GMG Posts
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Learn something new every day. You would think that David played some baseball would have come up in conversation at least once. And he has the same grin today he had as a senior in high school. Great story Manny. You just topped your smiles series.
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Lenny Merullo scouted and signed my cousin Danny Murphy from Beverly to the Cubs around 1960. He became a family friend. Lenny played in the majors himself. The story I remember hearing growing up was about the day his son ‘Boots’ was born. Lenny was so nervous, that he bobbled the ball several times in the infield. Thus his son’s nickname.
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Classic history here thanks! 🙂 Dave
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