Baseball: Scout George Genovese to have race named in his honor

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Longtime Southern California baseball scout George Genovese will be honored by Santa Anita on Saturday with the naming of the 10th race, ‘Happy 90th George Genovese.’

Genovese and a group of former major league players will celebrate his 90th birthday in the track’s Turf Club.

Genovese began scouting in 1964. He turns 90 on Feb. 22. He is a member of the Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame and lives in the San Fernando Valley.

-- Eric Sondheimer