Marty Lamb - Los Angeles Dodgers Amateur Scout

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Marty Lamb has been scouting baseball players for the Los Angeles Dodgers since 1999. Of the 10 first round picks for the Dodgers since 2015, Lamb was the area scout for six of them including Walker Buehler, Will Smith, Matt Beaty and Caleb Ferguson.

Lamb also serves on the Board of Directors for Refuge for Women, a nonprofit, faith-based organization providing specialized long-term care for women who have escaped human trafficking or sexual exploitation.

Today on the podcast, Marty Lamb tell us about his unique role behind the scenes as a scout for the Dodgers, coming to faith during his time in grad school at Mississippi State, and why he's passionate about helping women who have been caught in the perils of human trafficking.

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If you enjoyed this podcast with Marty, we know you'll love these conversations as well:

- Kevin Burrell - White Sox Area Scouting Supervisor

- Sal Giardina – Pro Baseball Player

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation.
0:13.0	Here's your host, former ESPN producer, Jason Romano.
0:17.2	Hey, everybody, welcome to Sports Spectrum.
0:19.3	I am Jason Romano.
0:20.4	I'm so glad you're tuning into the show.
0:21.8	Today, we got a great conversation with Marty Lamb, who is in a very unique space with his job as
0:28.0	an amateur scout and area scout with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the 2020 World Series champions
0:34.2	and Marty Lamb had a lot to do with that World Series championship team in a unique way that you would not have seen unless you heard it here on Sports Spectrum.
0:45.0	So I'm excited for you to hear Marty's story.
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