May 29 (UPI) -- A rainout in another state and one bad day at the plate led to Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout dropping in the 2009 MLB Draft, according to former Arizona Diamondbacks scouting director Tom Allison.
Allison, who is now the Seattle Mariners' vice president of scouting, already had seen Trout play when he traveled to the Northeast in May 2009. But a rainout of a high school game in Long Island, N.Y., forced Allison to break what he called a "fundamental" scouting rule, he explained on MLB.com's "Full Account" podcast.