I recently had the chance to chat again with A’s special assistant Grady Fuson for my Athletics Farm site. We spoke at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton just a few days before the A’s added catcher Bruce Maxwell, whom we discussed, to the major league roster.
As most of you may know, Fuson served as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when the team drafted such talented players as Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito and Rich Harden. He left the A’s at the end of 2001 to become the assistant general manager of the Texas Rangers and, after moving on to head up the Padres scouting department, Fuson eventually returned to Oakland a little over six years ago to serve as a special assistant to the front office.