Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the 12th podcast. I'm your host, Colin McHugh. This episode is the final part in our three-part series on agents in baseball. The first two episodes were so much fun, and today's conversation was no exception. I talked to the head of baseball at Octagon Sports Agency, Alan Nero. Alan is one of the living legends in the agency business.

He's been around since the very beginning and represented players for nearly 50 years.

He also was one of the first agents to begin sending players overseas to Asia

and representing Asian players in their attempt to play Major League Baseball.

He's got more stories than just about

anybody I've ever talked to in the game, and he's got the receipts to match. Today we talk about his

relationship with Bud Seelig and how that got him into baseball and then pushed him into player

representation. We talk about how Japanese and Korean baseball teams do business a little differently,

and why it's so important to tell the

truth in this industry. As always, if you're not already subscribed to the show, go ahead and do that

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So without further ado, I hope you enjoyed today's conversation with Alan Nero.

Do you know Gene Orza?

Oh, of course.

Of course.

So I had a call with Gene not too long ago, and we were having the same problem.

And Gene was like, listen, I don't know what the deal is with you kids in technology,

but why can't we just have phone calls anymore?

And I said, I feel you. I understand it. If I knew how to record it, that way I would. But it seems like the best

option for right now. Yeah, after we text back and forth seven times, I call and I go, can we do

something primitive and actually speak? Oh, man, I can't imagine the evolution of technology throughout

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