Julio Cortez/Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — His team’s hometown is a hotbed of espionage, but even by Washington standards, this is a bold surveillance operation. As the Nationals face the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series, one of their top scouts will be staying at the home of the manager of their possible next opponent.
The scout is Bob Boone, and the manager is his son, Aaron, who guided the Yankees to the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros. Bob Boone, a vice president and senior adviser for the Nationals, will track the A.