Mark Conner spent Saturday at his home in Nashville so he could watch his 7-year-old daughter Claire’s dance recital. The next day he was off to Atlanta for a pre-draft workout, one of 250 to 275 days a year the Padres’ amateur scouting director spends on the road.
He’s obviously interested in news regarding the big league team, but a hectic itinerary allows only glances at box scores, updates that scroll across his phone and occasional TV highlights in whatever hotel room he’s holed up in.
But not when Conner is on the East Coast. He’s usually fast asleep by the time those Padres games go final.