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'''Denzel Scott''' is a pitcher for the [[Houston Spies]], and has been with the team since [[Season 1]].
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== Official League Records ==
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'''Denzel Scott''' was a lineup player for the [[Houston Spies]], and was with the team from {{BetaSeason|1}} until [[Fall Ball]].
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Scott currently has no notable events in the official record books.
 
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== History ==
 
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Denzel Scott has become internationally recognised for being the most frequently overlooked player in the Houston Spies, if not the entire league. Scott's reputation for lacking a reputation began at a young age, as they were notorious for being forgotten with an alarming frequency<ref>Scott, Denzel. ''Pay Attention but Do Not Pay Attention to Me'', Unsuspicious Houston Publishing Co., 2020, 38 p., ISBN 2-1-14-7-2-1-14-7</ref>. Capitalising on this local fame, Scott joined the Houston Spies to demonstrate their other great talent - blaseball pitching. This also granted them the opportunity to demonstrate their incredible forgettability on a national stage. Over the course of their career, Scott has managed to become one of the splort's most recognisable stars by being its least recognisable star.
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Scott has a normal personal life - perfectly average, in fact. They are 52 years old, with a bachelor's degree in business management, a loving spouse, exactly 2.5 children, and a two bedroom house in eastern Houston built in the late 1970s, 26.1 minutes away from the Spies stadium. They are so aggressively normal that they seem to have built up an inexplicable immunity to the supernatural, eldritch, weird, or otherwise interesting abilities of other blaseball players.
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==Official League Records==
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Scott joined the [[ILB]] as a pitcher for the [[Houston Spies]] at the beginning of {{BetaSeason|1}}.  
  
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On {{BetaSeason|9}}, Day 52, Scott became a lineup player due to [[Reverb]].
  
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- Complimenting the eye color of Math Velazquez, despite the fact that Math is a metaphysical construct of the entire mathematical discipline, and therefore does not have a face.
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During the [[Coffee Cup]], Scott played for [[Cream & Sugar United]] as a lineup player.
  
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- Reporting no memory of having raised Son Scotch, but treating them as one of Scott's 2.5 children anyway, since according to them, "it's only polite".
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On {{BetaSeason|12}}, Day 37, Scott was {{Shelled}} in a game with [[Peanuts (weather)|Peanuts]] weather by [[Tokyo Lift]] player [[Wyatt Quitter]].
  
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- Recognizing the true nature of Collins Melon, thereby forcing Collins to offer Scott a lifetime supply of (thankfully non sentient) melons to secure their silence.
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On {{BetaSeason|13}}, Day 105, Scott was freed from their shell by [[Lots of Birds|birds]].
  
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If there are more examples of this singular phenomenon, they have likely been forgotten, along with so much else about the famously obscure Denzel Scott.
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On {{BetaSeason|19}}, Day 22, Scott received the Prized Charitable Sunglasses of the Famine, from a [[Prize Match]].
  
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Scott's existence, and the facts of their condition, are the closest that we likely will ever get to proof positive of the Spies' spying. Logic dictates that they are one of the team's greatest assets, and would be a treasure trove of information about the Spies' covert activities, if only the team would officially recognize that Scott exists at all.
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=== Shelling ===
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Scott was the first player in the League to be Shelled in the Expansion Era. On Season 12 Day 37, in a game against the Tokyo Lift, they were shelled by [[Wyatt Quitter]]. Though the event was televised, many rumors abound about precisely how and why Quitter shelled Scott. All stories converge, though, on Denzel's shell sitting on second base.
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Scott’s time in the shell was bleak. Scott was known for having a sort of “normalcy” field, which allowed them to ignore metaphysical barriers and effects by simply not noticing them. When Shelling proved to be able to overpower this effect, though, Scott’s world was shattered. Popular speculation is that the Shelling forced them to come to terms with living in a reality where being trapped and isolated in a peanut shell for months was possible. For their part, Scott refuses to talk about their time in the shell.
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=== Return to the Team ===
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Scott was finally unshelled on Season 13, Day 105, in the middle of the playoffs series against the [[Chicago Firefighters]]. Their exit was sudden, and Scott was not prepared to start playing again. The Spies ended up losing this series 3-2.
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It was only then that Scott learned about the incineration of former teammate [[Theodore Holloway|Theodore “Teddy” Holloway]], which had happened earlier in Season 13. It was unclear how Scott took the news, but shortly after this, Son Scotch was incinerated early in Season 14. After this event, Scott frequently left the team behind after games to "go for a drive," and would disappear for hours. However, reports from around this time say that no car matching Scott's description was ever recorded leaving or entering any parking lots during the time Scott was gone.
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=== New Friendships ===
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In the seasons that followed, Scott was regularly swept Elsewhere. They found themselves frequently accompanied by fellow spy [[Comfort Septemberish]]. The two bonded over their shared experiences. They eventually began going on missions together, with Scott often acting as Septemberish’s getaway driver.
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While dealing with the aftermath of being shelled, Scott became close with newly unshadowed Spies pitcher and safety scientist [[Mohammed Picklestein]]. Picklestein was very fond of Scott, and ended up giving them a Fireproof Ring on Season 19 Day 51. The duo didn’t fully realize the implications of the gesture until a couple of other agents congratulated them on their “engagement.” The official story is that Picklestein merely accidentally kneeled to grab something before handing the ring to Scott.
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==Fan Works==
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File:MiniDenzel.png|Mini-Blaseballer<br />by '''[https://miniblaseball.surge.sh/ @HetreaSky]'''
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 21 February 2023

Denzel Scott was a lineup player for the Houston Spies, and was with the team from Season β1 until Fall Ball.

Official League Records

Scott joined the ILB as a pitcher for the Houston Spies at the beginning of Season β1.

On Season β9, Day 52, Scott became a lineup player due to Reverb.

During the Coffee Cup, Scott played for Cream & Sugar United as a lineup player.

On Season β12, Day 37, Scott was  SHELLED in a game with Peanuts weather by Tokyo Lift player Wyatt Quitter.

On Season β13, Day 105, Scott was freed from their shell by birds.

On Season β19, Day 22, Scott received the Prized Charitable Sunglasses of the Famine, from a Prize Match.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Box of Denzel Scott Files

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History

Denzel Scott is the name of various cars whose license plates read DNZL SCT. Scott appears in many different forms and the limits of their transformation abilities are not known. As a car, Scott can take many forms, often opting for a sporty or subtle look. Some of Scott’s popular forms include an Honda Odyssey, an inconspicuous telephone company van, a limousine, an Aston Martin DB5, KITT, and a 1958 Denzel 1300WD. Unredacted records of the Houston Spies do not indicate how Scott came to be a member of the Spies agency nor of the Spies Blaseball team, and efforts to interview Scott on these points have thus far only been met with Scott peeling out and driving away.

Upon first joining the Spies, they were one of the teams worst pitchers, alongside Math Velazquez, until both received replacement elbows, despite neither having arms. Because of a Season 9, Day 52 Reverb event, both became hitters, where they have performed well. When hitting the ball, Scott does not use a bat, but rather opens a door to slam it into the ball.

While Scott can communicate via speech through the various car radios (and in one instance an ice cream truck speaker), documents reveal they prefer to communicate through selective song playing, finding appropriate lyrical responses to the conversation. When Scott curses or discusses classified information, the car horn honks, censoring whatever it was they said. Observation reveals that any number of passengers can fit into their various forms, as the entire Houston Spies Blaseball team has been observed entering Scott’s Honda Odyssey form, despite a standard Honda Odyssey only containing room for seven passengers. Observation also reveals that only Son Scotch is allowed to sit in the driver’s seat.

Personality

Scott is a polite and conscientious vehicle. Whenever passengers go to enter their various forms, the doors always open for them, and the interior is always the perfect temperature for each passenger. Scott also volunteers for designated driver duty whenever necessary. Interviews with Spies reveal that Scott also does the dishes without being asked, pays the rent early, and keeps the bathrooms at Spies HQ sparklingly clean, despite being a car and seemingly being incapable of performing such tasks. These same interviews state that Scott has never been observed doing these tasks, and never states they’ve done them, and yet every Spy knows instinctively Scott was responsible.


Shelling

Scott was the first player in the League to be Shelled in the Expansion Era. On Season 12 Day 37, in a game against the Tokyo Lift, they were shelled by Wyatt Quitter. Though the event was televised, many rumors abound about precisely how and why Quitter shelled Scott. All stories converge, though, on Denzel's shell sitting on second base.

Scott’s time in the shell was bleak. Scott was known for having a sort of “normalcy” field, which allowed them to ignore metaphysical barriers and effects by simply not noticing them. When Shelling proved to be able to overpower this effect, though, Scott’s world was shattered. Popular speculation is that the Shelling forced them to come to terms with living in a reality where being trapped and isolated in a peanut shell for months was possible. For their part, Scott refuses to talk about their time in the shell.

Return to the Team

Scott was finally unshelled on Season 13, Day 105, in the middle of the playoffs series against the Chicago Firefighters. Their exit was sudden, and Scott was not prepared to start playing again. The Spies ended up losing this series 3-2.

It was only then that Scott learned about the incineration of former teammate Theodore “Teddy” Holloway, which had happened earlier in Season 13. It was unclear how Scott took the news, but shortly after this, Son Scotch was incinerated early in Season 14. After this event, Scott frequently left the team behind after games to "go for a drive," and would disappear for hours. However, reports from around this time say that no car matching Scott's description was ever recorded leaving or entering any parking lots during the time Scott was gone.

New Friendships

In the seasons that followed, Scott was regularly swept Elsewhere. They found themselves frequently accompanied by fellow spy Comfort Septemberish. The two bonded over their shared experiences. They eventually began going on missions together, with Scott often acting as Septemberish’s getaway driver.

While dealing with the aftermath of being shelled, Scott became close with newly unshadowed Spies pitcher and safety scientist Mohammed Picklestein. Picklestein was very fond of Scott, and ended up giving them a Fireproof Ring on Season 19 Day 51. The duo didn’t fully realize the implications of the gesture until a couple of other agents congratulated them on their “engagement.” The official story is that Picklestein merely accidentally kneeled to grab something before handing the ring to Scott.

Fan Works

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