Scott Gregorio

Scott Gregorio is a minor character in USA's Monk as a central character in "Mr Monk Goes to the Ballgame." He was an MLB player and All-Star homerun hitter featured on the show. He was revealed to be a centerpiece in the murders of Lawrence and Erin Hammond. 
==History==
He and Erin Hammond met each other when they both took private art classes and soon fell in love and had an affair. The two would often meet as the Newport Inn, with several people seeing Erin. However no one could ever see the guy she was seeing but they knew the man she was with was not her husband. As such, Erin would always tune in on the sports channel to hear how he was doing on the radio. He was on the verge of breaking a home run record that was held for 3 years. He was almost attacked by Walker Browning with a baseball bat but fended off the attacker. When it was discovered that he had an affair with Erin Hammond, Walker raised he couldn't go at Scott again because he was now guarded by bodyguards. So he responded by shooting and killing Erin and then proceed in shooting her husband before killing him in a hit and run. This is what first made Adrian suspect Erin was the target all along. Wallet did ask off this just to get Scott off his game so he could sell the baseball. Scott was deeply affected by Erin's death, and started to lose focus on his games due to grief. 
Later when Sharona and Adrian went to the baseball station, they then reached out to Scott, who Adrian told it was possible that Erin was the intended target and killed by the man that attacked Scott last year. He told Adrian it was weird that he said that because he was thinking the same thing and was rather annoyed that after he was assaulted a few weeks ago,  Scott now has bodyguards with him 24/7. As he told Adrian that he would do anything to help him in the case Monk arranged for him to help Benjy improve on his game. As the two men sat down, Scott asked Adrian how he kept moving forward. The two soon bonded over their losses of the women they loved, Trudy and Erin.  Adrian gave advice to Scott on how he met his wife and how he keeps trying to be the man Trudy fell in love with ever long after her death. Scott then reminded Benny to remember the acronym that helped improve his swinging: help. Adrian suddenly gets an idea when Scott reveals some reveals that the acronym is a mnemonic device which allows Benji to remember how to hit the ball. He finally deciphered Mr Hammond's last words; girls can't eat 15 pizzas was a mnemonic device for the car's license plate (GCE15P) which Stottlemeyer and Randy tracked down after Adrian contacted them. 
After Walker was arrested for Double Homicide, Scott failed to break the record. However, Scott revealed to a swarm of news reporters at a press conference that he was going to keep playing baseball and even remembered Adrian's advice to keep on playing and being the man Erin loved. Monk was also present in the crowd and while not saying it, seemed to understand they were similar because they both lost the woman they loved.
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