In normal times, Garrett Guest would be somewhere watching a baseball game right about now.
Spring usually is a hectic season when Guest, an assistant scouting director for the Chicago White Sox, crisscrosses the nation to evaluate prospects coming up the ranks.
But with baseball diamonds empty, his life as a scout is largely limited to watching videos of prospects online or conducting Zoom meetings with fellow scouts and with players the club wants to learn more about.
While one of his passions is on ice for now, another ----the auto retailing business ---- is rolling through the crisis.
Guest also is vice president of South Oak Jeep-Dodge-Chrysler-Ram, the dealership in suburban Chicago that he runs with his father, Dennis. Guest is adjusting to life as a grounded scout while his store makes adjustments of its own by transitioning to selling cars and trucks digitally.
Guest's scouting responsibilities…