When asked what it was like to throw in the bullpen at Wrigley Field, the Fighting Irish pitcher/wide receiver admitted, “I caught a lot of heck for being an ND guy because, well, we always do.” Samardzia, a fifth-round draft pick by the Cubs, added that he was given a USC shirt by former Trojan Mark Prior. “But I didn’t wear it.”

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