Episode 29: Cris Perez, Cincinnati Reds Artwork

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Chris Edwards is the radio and television broadcaster for Duke Baseball, Duke Women's Basketball and various other sports around North Carolina. In this podcast Chris shares not only his love of baseball history but also talks to those involved in various areas of our National Pastime to get their stories and find out why they love the game. Additionally, Chris continues his crusade to change the baseball lexicon from Foul Pole to the more correct use of FAIR POLE (hence the name of the Podcast).Please be sure to rate, review and subscribe to this podcast. For suggestions or inquiries: FairPolePodcast@gmail.com

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Episode 29: Cris Perez, Cincinnati Reds

October 11, 2020 • Chris Edwards • Season 1 • Episode 29

This week on the Fair Pole Podcast, host Chris Edwards chats with Cris Perez who holds a hybrid role for the Cincinnati Reds as both a bullpen catcher and working on the Baseball Operations side with the analytics and data teams.

Over the course of the conversation, the duo discussed a wide array of topics including:
- Love for baseball in Cris' life
- College baseball career at Duke and Southern California
- Going to work for the Arizona Diamondbacks while still in school
- Getting a job in the MLB office in New York
- Playing on the Commissioner's softball team
- Interview process with the Reds
- What the day-to-day is like for him
- A deep dive into the ebbs and flows of the 2020 Major League Season
- How things changed once they got to the postseason "bubble"
- What changes he'd like to see MLB make

... and more!

Chris Edwards also chats about the history of the bases and who invented the modern day base.

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