Scott Francis May (born November 11, 1961) is a former

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. May was originally drafted in the sixth round of the

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by the

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. In 1987, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Javier Ortiz. He played at the Major League level with the Rangers in 1988. The following year, he was traded along with minor league player Mike Wilson to the

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for

La Vel Freeman LaVel Maurice Freeman (born February 18, 1963) is a former Major League Baseball player. Freeman was born in Oakland, California in 1963 and attended John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento. In 1981, he played with fellow future Major Leaguer ...

and minor league player Todd Simmons. Later in his career, he signed with the

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and played at the Major League level with the team in 1991. May attended high school in

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and played at the collegiate level at the

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