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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Milwaukee Brewers selected Joe Scott, 87, in the opening round of the MLB Draft Thursday. Scott, who also plays first base, spent two decades in "black baseball" with the Chicago American Giants, New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Memphis Red Sox.

Brewers manager Ned Yost refused to confirm exactly how the club plans to use their versatile new player.

"If 'Scotty' can play third, maybe we'll platoon him with 'Hally' and 'Branny', " Yost suggested. "We'll just take it day to day. It's a long season."

Bill Hall immediately renewed his request to be traded.

For Scott, this moment had been decades in the making. He'd always hoped Major League Baseball would embrace him, but he never thought the embrace would happen more than 50 years after he'd ended his playing career.

"It has been a great day," Scott said.

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