Earlier today, news broke that Roy Clark, who spent 25 years as a scout and executive with the Atlanta Braves had passed. He was 68.
Clark, who had most recently worked with the Kansas City Royals, was considered one of the scouts of his generation and oversaw the Braves organization drafting and signing numerous notable players including Charlie Morton, Freddie Freeman, Brian McCann, Jason Heyward, Adam Wainwright and Craig Kimbrel.
Dayton Moore, currently a senior advisor with the Texas Rangers, was a long-time Braves front office executive when became the Royals general manager 2006. Moore relayed this story about trying to hire Clark away from Atlanta after arriving in Kansas City in this 2022 article.