I just spoke with Chris Perez, the Holmes Beach native and former Manatee Hurricane, about inheriting the role as the Cleveland Indians' closer. Though he's not happy that it came at the expense of Kerry Wood, who could miss as much as two months with a back injury, he's excited to prove that he can close games, which he did very effectively during his collegiate career at Miami.
"It (stinks) the way it came about, but I'm excited," Perez said Saturday morning from the Indians' spring-training complex in Goodyear, Ariz. "I can't wait."
To read more about Perez's big opportunity, check out Sunday's edition of The Herald.
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