The Lucadello story

ESPN.com's Gare Joyce wrote a really interesting story about long-time Phillies scout Tony Lucadello. Based in Ohio, Lucadello was responsible for signing Mike Schmidt, as well as Ernie Banks for the Cubs during a long career that ended when he mysteriously (and apparently) killed himself in 1989.

It's a fascinating story about a baseball lifer who was unceremoniously dropped by the Phillies when he was 76, which led to his demise.

I would liked to have seen comment from the Phillies in the story, but aside from a few hangers on most of the people from Lucadello's time are gone.

Anyway, the story: Wall of Dreams