6/28: Cubs (Hammel) @ Cardinals (Martinez) 7:05 ESPN

[ARCubsFan]

7-9 5 RBI's this series from some dude named Xavier Scruggs. Pixiedust knows no bounds.

[Gilby]

We might need to make a "Montero has the yips" thread.

[treebird]

why is some named xander sharts beating the cubs

[Ski]

Who the [expletive] is Xavier Scruggs? Is the Cardinals farm system a bottomless cesspool of pixie dust?

[Cubswin11]

Xavier Scruggs and Greg Garcia, these are made up names you come up with when ranting about random Cardinals coming up and beating you

[Blessd24]

Well, he's one of us back road conservative Christians. Can't imagine anyone would someone like to play for the Cubs.

 

It seems like most pro athletes end up at least being superficially pretty conservative/religious. Meh.

 

Not so much. His dad is the pastor at my church.

 

How does "not so much" possibly make any kind of sense to what I said.

 

It isn't the fact that he's a pro-athlete that made him a conservative Christian.

[ARCubsFan]

Xavier Scruggs and Greg Garcia, these are made up names you come up with when ranting about random Cardinals coming up and beating you

Gonna be hilarious when they're successful in the postseason and traded for good prospects this offseason

[Sammy Sofa]

I hope the next person that says "pixie dust" gets [expletive] run over by a tank.

[Guest]

before this season, i hadn't watched a baseball game on espn since like 2010. it's amazing how they haven't made any kind of progress at all. just completely unwilling to understand baseball. Edited June 29, 2015 by 17 Seconds

[Andy]

I'm surprised Fowler didn't overslide the bag with that weird move

[Cubswin11]

Fowler and Bryant have had two of the most shittiest slides into 2B in this series that I have ever seen.

[Andy]

So how are we gonna [expletive] this one up

[MWV]

Well, he's one of us back road conservative Christians. Can't imagine anyone would someone like to play for the Cubs.

 

It seems like most pro athletes end up at least being superficially pretty conservative/religious. Meh.

 

Not so much. His dad is the pastor at my church.

 

How does "not so much" possibly make any kind of sense to what I said.

 

It isn't the fact that he's a pro-athlete that made him a conservative Christian.

I think you're mistaking an observed correlation for a claim of causation.

[Irrelevant Dude]

before this season, i hadn't watch a baseball game on espn since like 2010. it's amazing how they haven't made any kind of progress at all. just completely unwilling to understand baseball.

I feel like I'm playing World Series Baseball on Sega Genesis with the stupid persistent K-zone graphic. I know where the strike zone is. I don't need a box on the screen.

[treebird]

So how are we gonna [expletive] this one up

 

cardinal fan tribute inning

 

(k, k, k)

[Sammy Sofa]

It isn't the fact that he's a pro-athlete that made him a conservative Christian.

 

I said that most athletes seem to be some degree of conservative and Christian, so I really don't care if that's what Zobrist is.

[Clem Fandango]

Xavier Scruggs may or may not be Dexter Fowler's clone...

 

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[Andy]

Well that was pretty terrible from Bryant

[Andy]

Nice swing, Rizzo. Needed that badly

[Sammy Sofa]

Rizzo is swell.

[UMFan83]

Come on Bryant, don't go all Javy on us.

[ARCubsFan]

Xavier Scruggs: career .255 minor league hitter

[treebird]

Xavier Scruggs: career .255 minor league hitter

 

the only stat i need to know is if he's a good, god-fearing christian man

[Guest]

Xavier Scruggs: career .255 minor league hitter

 

we get it, he sucks and he got a single

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS got a leadoff double and the guy scored. Isn't that like the first sign of the apocalypse ??