careers. LaMar was also responsible for signing Juan Guzmán, Wilson Álvarez, Wade Boggs, Roberto Hernández, and trading for Fred McGriff. LaMar was fired on October 6, 2005, by incoming owner Stuart Sternberg. Later career Lamar spent the 2007 season with the Washington Nationals as special assistant to the general manager and national crosschecker. In October 2007, LaMar was appointed director of professional scouting by the Philadelphia Phillies, later promoted to assistant general manager of player development and scouting in November 2008. On September 6, 2011, Lamar resigned from the Phillies. On November 4, 2011, it was announced that LaMar would be joining the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant for amateur scouting. Personal life LaMar resides in Rockport, Texas, and is married with a son and two daughters. He has stated that his hero is Ted Williams. LaMar was inducted to the Texas Scout Association's hall of fame in 2017. LaMar's brother Dan was selected in the first round of the 1979 MLB draft by the Cincinnati Reds; Dan Lamar went on to play in Minor League Baseball from 1979 through 1985 as a catcher and first baseman. References 1950s births Date of birth missing (living people) Living people TCU Horned Frogs baseball players College baseball coaches Major League Baseball general managers Major League Baseball farm directors Atlanta Braves executives Cincinnati Reds scouts Tampa Bay Devil Rays executives Philadelphia Phillies executives Toronto Blue Jays scouts Washington Nationals executives Washington Nationals scouts People from Rockport, Texas People from Twin Falls, Idaho