When Wayne Norton was diagnosed last June with ALS — the dreaded Lou Gehrig’s disease — he knew that he was in for the challenge of a lifetime.
He also knew that he wanted — needed — to continue to scout baseball players, which Norton has done with skill, enthusiasm and, yes, love, for most of his life, the last 16 years for the Mariners as their Canadian supervisor.
So that’s precisely what Norton has done — with limitations, sure, but also with courage and grace, even as his body endures the ravages of the progressive neurodegenerative disease.