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New Oriole Luke Scott Is a Heat-Packer
By Jamie Mottram | February 24, 2008
Luke Scott is the only guy I’d heard of that Baltimore got in return for Miguel Tejada as he racked up an .885 OPS in 663 at-bats over the past three seasons. Not bad, especially in light of Tejada’s lifetime .821 OPS and declining defense.
What I didn’t know about Scott (no relation to Mike or Michael) is that he’s packing heat at all times. No, really. From new Orioles reporter Marc Carig’s Washington Post profile:
Despite showing some potential at the plate, Scott’s most notable moment in Houston might have come off the field when he raised some eyebrows during the 2006 season by talking about his license to carry a concealed weapon. Scott takes a .45 caliber handgun with him wherever he goes, a result of having a gun pulled on him early in his collegiate career.
Wait, he raised eyebrows for carrying a gun … in Texas? Admittedly, I’ve barely been to Texas, but my stereotype about Texans is that they carry small firearms and pocket bibles at all times. But maybe it isn’t just Texans Carig is referring to. A search for “luke scott guns” reveals a 2006 ESPN feature on athletes and guns starring, you guessed it, Luke Scott.
The piece is eyebrow-raising indeed, especially the anecdote about Scott flashing his piece at a beggar trying to get some drink at a Houston gas station. Imagine the kind of shit that’s gonna go down in Charm City, home of one of baseball’s worst teams and TV’s gangster-est program.
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February 25th, 2008 at 9:57 am
1. Somebody will take that piece right out of his hands up here and laugh as they throw it in the Harbor.
2. He looks eerily similar to the guy I met this weekend who said, and I quote “I keeps my glock on me at all times, know what I’m saying?”