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Episode 29 Season 2 is out with Nick Perez. During 2020, Nick was a Cincinnati Reds Baseball Ops Trainee. Nick played college baseball at Rutgers University and Haverford College while studying Economics. Nick talks about the benefits of attending both of these colleges and how they helped him to land the position of Baseball Ops Trainee. During 2019, Nick was an Affiliate Intern for the Chicago Whitesox. He worked for the Great Falls Voyagers who participated in Pioneer League (Rookie Ball Advance Class). Nick talks about how much this internship has prepared him for a career in baseball. Nick also talks about what it is really like to be apart of professional and what it really means to “grind”. While studying at Haverford College, Nick did his senior thesis seeking to assess the impact of the movement of superstars between teams in the MLB and NBA on GDPs of local economies using python. Nick talks about how his academic and baseball career worked hand in hand to help him be where his is today. Nick has a bright career in Baseball Ops and has a very open-minded approach to the game of baseball. Please join me in listening to Nick and “Always Remember Be Yourself”.