Source: www.xeniagazette.com --- Wednesday, November 22, 2017
From being a high school Baseball player for Xenia High to be becoming a full-time scout in Major League Baseball, Phil Gulley’s life has revolved around Baseball. Gulley’s dedication to studying Baseball has led to him winning the Scout of the Year award for the Chicago White Sox. Gulley signed three of the team’s top 16 draft picks this past year. “Phil has been a cornerstone of our amateur scouting department for many years, and his ability to identify premium talent makes him worthy of this award,” White Sox director of player development Nick Hostetler said in a statement from the team. Gulley has always had an interest in Baseball. He attributes a lot of that to his high school coach Phil Anderson. Gulley said Anderson was his inspiration to pursue Baseball as a sport. Gulley was going to play for Sinclair Community College, but he had a knee injury and could not play. “Playing didn’t work out, but I stayed in the game,” Gulley said. “I umpired for a while and then got into scouting.” Gulley said he first thought about becoming a scout by talking with one of his brother’s best friends, Lloyd Gearhart. In 1969 Gearhart came to Xenia and talked about being a scout for the New York Mets. Gulley said they spent some time together and Gearhart had a big influence on his desire to scout. “He passed around his World Series ring and I just thought that would be a cool job,” Gulley said. “He is why I wanted to become a scout.” Gull ...
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