Mike Brito is the scout who teamed with Mexican colleague Corito Verona to discover and help acquire Fernando Valenzuela in 1979 .
Mike Brito still wears a distinctive Panama hat and had been a fixture with his radar gun behind home plate until technology took over .
Mike Brito , who still wears a distinctive Panama hat and had been a fixture with his radar gun behind home plate until technology took over , is the scout who teamed with Mexican colleague Corito Verona to discover and help acquire Fernando Valenzuela in 1979 .