Blue Jays scout Pablo Cruz, a father figure in Latin American baseball, ‘got the prize’ at winter meetings

In 1973, baseball fans in Sherbrooke, Que., took a shine to a 26-year-old infielder named Pablo Cruz. “They sing, ‘Oh, Pablo, Pablo Cruz,’ every time I’m gonna hit,” he recalled when we chatted during spring training of 2015. “I never forget that....

By John Lott