Xavier Scruggs - ESPN and MLB Network analyst on media career, trusting God's plan, faith in tragedy
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast:
- MLB Network and ESPN baseball analyst Xavier Scruggs joins us to discuss the challenges of balancing a demanding career with family life, moving from playing baseball to covering it everyday, the significance of setting boundaries, and the role of faith in navigating life's transitions.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20. |
| 0:06.3 | Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run. |
| 0:11.1 | Where Sports and Faith Connect. |
| 0:13.1 | Forte, diving catch, touchdown! |
| 0:17.1 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 0:21.4 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back, Matt Forte. |
| 0:30.6 | What's up, y'all? |
| 0:31.6 | It's Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:32.9 | As you know, that's why you tuned in. |
| 0:34.7 | But it's Matt Forte and Jason Romano here. |
| 0:37.6 | Jason, today I got ESPN and MLB analyst, but former MLB player, David Scruggs on the podcast. |
| 0:46.1 | Again, he's been on before, but welcome to the podcast again. |
| 0:49.3 | I appreciate you guys. |
| 0:51.0 | Always a blessing to be able to jump on a podcast that actually has a lot of true |
| 0:56.2 | meaning values conversation behind it it's uh it's an honor to be here yes sir i love that you use true |
| 1:03.6 | that's what we try to be as much as possible out there there's a lot of podcast out there so we got |
| 1:08.8 | to be one of the faithful ones and the true ones. But, man, we're |
| 1:12.0 | knee deep in baseball season right now. You're a busy guy. And you're all over. You're on all |
| 1:17.9 | the networks, everything. How do you find it to find the balance to be able to do that? |
| 1:22.3 | Because you're a family man too. You've got a wife and kids. How do you do that? |
| 1:26.4 | Yeah. I think you guys know, right? |
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