Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

A Boston-area newspaper checked in on the Red Sox in spring training 1975, speaking with scout Felix Maldonado about a new 17-year-old Maldonado had signed named Juan Agosto . Maldonado thought Agosto had a bright future, The Quincy Patriot Ledger wrote. "He reminds me of (Red Sox pitcher) Roger Moret at the same age," Maldonado told The Patriot Ledger . Agosto did have a bright future. He went on to see 13 seasons in the majors.  Maldonado had a bright one, too. Maldonado turned Red Sox scout after 12 seasons playing in the minors. He then went on to continue with the Red Sox organization as a scout, manager and player development consultant over the next 35 years. His contributions to the club became so numerous that they named a practice field at their spring training complex for him, Felix Maldonado Field. Maldonado's long career in baseball began in 1959, signed by the Giants as a free agent out of his native Puerto Rico . Maldonado started his playing career...