Hey there. Welcome to Nick Pollock and friends where I talk to people I know and who you should know. And today we're going to talk to Sarah Sanchez. It's great to have you here. It's about dang time, Sarah.

Nick, I'm so excited to have this conversation with you. We've been talking about it for a while. And I just saw you at first pitch Arizona. And this is going to be like the most fun hour of my week.

Oh, that's awfully touching.

And I'm excited for everybody because I feel, I don't know, I feel like it's going to be just a fun hour of whatever.

I have no idea what we're going to talk about.

And that's the beauty of this podcast.

We just get to learn more about Sarah Sanchez.

So just first and foremost,

give everybody the very quick, which isn't quick. It's a very long resume. Oh, geez.

Well, I currently cover the Cubs at bleedcubbyblue.com, which is the SB Nation Cubs site. I also do

some work at baseball HQ for their playing time tomorrow column for the NL East.

And I previously done some work at Fangraphs at Baseball Perspectus and at SportsTopia.

Yeah. So this is why it's so awesome to just hang out with Sarah for a pitch. We're just like,

oh yeah, cool. This is great. This is about

dang time. You're in Chicago, though. I've never been. And, well, does a layer ever count? It

doesn't count. We all know it doesn't count. It does not. I know. It's like, yeah, this is

this little overpriced, what is it, mark that they have, It's like Hudson News. It does not count for Chicago.

But you were saying that if I were to go, where would I have to go?

Well, Wrigley Field is the first place that you have to go.

Well, yeah, of course.

Behind the steel bar seat, always.

Yeah, we're not going to get you a steel bar seat.

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