Jethro McIntyre

Jethro McIntyre (born circa 1945) is a former minor league baseball player and manager who scouted for multiple big league teams and the Major League Scouting Bureau.
Baseball career
Playing career
McIntyre's professional career began at a tryout for the San Francisco Giants. He so impressed the Giants during his couple-day tryout that they requested to sign him, offering him $5,000. Knowing that another young player had just signed with the club for $150,000, McIntyre found the offer "insulting" and declined.
Almost every team in the league, except for the Washington Senators, offered him a contract, however he disliked each of the offers. Loyd Christopher, scouting for the Cincinnati Reds, ended up signing him. He went 3-4 with a 3.09 ERA in 16 games (seven starts) for the Cedar Rapids Red Raiders in 1963, his only professional season. It was claimed he was going to make the major leagues, however arm troubles derailed his career.
In 2005, he served as an assistant coach on the RBI National Team. He had aspirations of coaching at the major league level, but never did.
Scouting career
McIntyre became a part-time scout in 1979, working for the San Diego Padres. From 1980 to 1984, he scouted for the Oakland Athletics and from 1986 to 1990, he served as a scout for the Montreal Expos, taking time off to manage the aforementioned GCL Expos. After leaving the Expos, he worked for the Major League Scouting Bureau until 2007. In 2000, he was featured in an ESPN SportsCentury documentary, along with Curt Flood and Frank Robinson.

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