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Come Fan with UsThursday, August 6, 2026

Orioles’ Luke Scott Uses Bananas As Motivational Tools

↵“Felix [Pie] is my friend,” [Luke Scott] says. “I give him a hard time. The reason why I give him a hard time is because there are certain people you deal with and you go up and talk to them, and it doesn’t work. They don’t understand.

↵“I tell him about some of the ways he’s acted: ‘Look, you’re acting like an animal, you’re acting like a savage.’”

↵Scott turns to his locker and pulls out a bag of plantain chips.

↵“So I throw bananas in his helmet. Here are my banana chips to remind him that whenever he acts like an animal, ‘Hey, that’s what other people are thinking.”

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That is from Amy K. Nelson’s ESPN column on Luke Scott and his … how to put this … “less than politically correct habits.” In response, Big Black Kids tears the column to shreds and provides this conclusion:

↵↵it’s okay to be a dumbass racist, as long as you are honest about being a dumbass racist.

↵↵Read both pieces, draw your own conclusions.

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