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The man in the Padres hat turns out to be Javier’s friend from prison, but for most of the novel Danny and Uno think he is a scout for the Padres baseball team. Javier saved his life in prison one time, and the man in the Padres hat follows Danny around to watch over him. He saves Danny and Uno one day as they are being attacked by a high school baseball team. He works for the Padres selling hotdogs at the stadium.
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The Man in the Padres Hat Character Timeline in Mexican WhiteBoy
The timeline below shows where the character The Man in the Padres Hat appears in Mexican WhiteBoy. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Shot Heard Round the Cul-de-Sac
...much either, and Danny never learned Spanish. As he steps up to bat, Danny notices a man wearing a Padres hat watching the kids play. Danny doesn’t swing for the first two...
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Senior Explains Poverty
...he’s spoken audibly is when he lied to Ray about his head injury. Uno notices a man wearing a Padres hat and says he saw the same man watching Danny at the...
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The Workouts, the Hustles, the Drive-in Theater
...live with Uno's dad, and Danny doesn’t want to let Uno down. Uno points out the man in the Padres hat again, and Danny says he’s a scout who used to come...
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Morse High Hustle
...but he doesn’t know how to solve it. He looks around the field and notices the scout in the Padres hat. Danny is surprised that the scout always seems to know where...
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Senior Reads Danny’s Mind
...won thirty dollars by hustling a wealthy white boy on a travel team. They saw the scout with the Padres hat, and Uno asked him if he works for the Padres. The...
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Uno’s Own Vision of a Future
...he notices that no one else is there besides him and the other players—not even the Padres scout . 3. The second time around, Danny pitches three perfect fastballs and strikes Carmelo out...
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...and the other players all join the brawl, and they outnumber Danny and Uno. Suddenly, the Padres scout runs onto the field and attacks the other players to free Danny and Uno, yelling...
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Danny and Uno at Petco Park
...vendor in the stands. When he sees the hot dog vendor’s face, Danny realizes it’s the scout who’s been following him all summer. They both recognize each other, and the man quickly...
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2. Danny yells to the scout and catches up with him. Danny asks why he is selling hot dogs, and he...
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