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The movie theater. Mookie Betts. Nate Jones. What do all of these three have in common? They all impacted Nate immensely. Jones, 23, is a huge Red Sox fan. He has Red Sox fandom running through his blood and loves baseball with a passion. Nate is originally from California and has family spread throughout the U.S. Nate is a huge podcast fan as well. When asked about his favorite baseball podcast, “I want to say ours, Runners in Scoring Position, but my favorite sports podcast, covers everything baseball and basketball is the Bill Simmons Podcast” When conducting a podcast, it is important to be unique, “I think communication goes into having a great podcast[...] it’s important to be different. What are you bringing to the table that is different?” We have done a lot of different interviews during our tenure, “Maxx Tissenbaum being my favorite, learning about the minor league experience. We also talked to Troy Renck, who went on rants about Nolan Arenado, which is still relevant today” When I asked him who his favorite player was (to which he replied Mookie Betts) he hesitated a bit. Why? Last week, Red Sox OF Mookie Betts was subject to trade rumors about a massive three team deal and could be traded at any moment. While Nate was in the movie theater, I texted him “Dodgers”. Mookie was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers while Nate was in the movie theater, causing some panic. Nate was crushed, because the Red Sox didn’t get enough value for Betts and pitcher David Price. Nate brings a lot to the table to the podcast and I enjoy working with him.

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