Former MLB player Xavier Scruggs on finding purpose after baseball
Sports Spectrum Podcast
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Former MLB player Xavier Scruggs joins us today to share about his journey from 19th round draft pick to Korean baseball star and now retired from the game and finding purpose as a dad, husband and media professional.
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| 0:16.9 | Hey, guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:18.5 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.6 | We got a great show for you today with Xavier Scruggs, the former Major League Baseball player, who's doing some cool things right now in the media space. We'll be bringing that interview to you in just a second. First, I want to tell you about our Sports Spectrum magazine. Make sure you go to Sportspectrum.com right now, and you can subscribe. It's super cheap. |
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| 1:42.0 | today with Xavier Scruggs, the former Major League Baseball |
| 1:45.6 | player. |
| 1:46.0 | We had him on a few years ago as he was playing pro ball overseas in Korea. |
| 1:51.3 | And now he's not playing pro ball anymore. |
| 1:54.7 | And so we're going to get an update on his career. |
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