OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — Omar Minaya has been scouting for decades, so he knows a good athlete when he sees one.
One recent afternoon Minaya and his wife, Rachel, escaped the cold by entering the gym at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. Minaya, the former Mets general manager, watched as one player in particular dominated the opposition with an ease that an experienced scout like him can spot a mile away.
The only difference this day was that the athlete in question was Minaya’s 17-year-old son, Justin, and the sport he was playing was not baseball.