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Report: The Phillies Scouted Donald Trump While In High School

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Phillies have been criticized of late for their scouting and talent evaluation. Donald Trump has been criticized of late for, well, a lot of things.

Maybe Donald Trump as a Philadelphia Phillie would have made perfect sense?

According to the Rolling Stone, the Phillies actually scouted Trump way back in the day, when Trump was the star first baseman of his varsity baseball team.

“He was good-hit and good-field: We had scouts from the Phillies to watch him, but he wanted to go to college and make real money,” former instructor Col.