Dick Groch, the scout who signed Derek Jeter to the Yankees before a long tenure with the Brewers as a high-ranking evaluator ...

Dick Groch, a longtime baseball scout who convinced the New York Yankees to draft franchise cornerstone Derek Jeter, has ...

Dick Groch worked in the scouting department throughout his MLB career with the New York Yankees, Montreal Expos and ...

"He's not going to the University of Michigan," Groch said as part of his pitch to the organization. "The only place Derek Jeter is going is Cooperstown." While that may sound lik ...

While scouting Derek Jeter remained a crowning achievement for Dick Groch, he later brought his baseball acumen to the ...

Dick Groch, the former scout who discovered Yankees legend Derek Jeter, died on Wednesday in Port Huron, Michigan. He was 84.

Dick Groch, who is best known as the scout who helped convince the New York Yankees to select Derek Jeter with the No. 6 pick ...

Jeter’s 3,465 hits rank sixth in MLB history and are the most ever by a Yankee. He hit .310 with 260 home runs, 1,311 RBI and ...

Dick Groch worked in front offices of the Yankees, Expos and Brewers, and also had a highly successful run as a ...

Groch traveled to Michigan in 1992 to observe and evaluate Jeter, who he was convinced would be New York's next legend, via ...