My encounter with Chris Sabo

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My encounter with Chris Sabo

Posted by markpaynemedia on October 15, 2009

When I found out Chris Sabo was attending Northern Kentucky University I had mixed feelings. I don’t watch sports too much anymore, but I have very fond memories of growing up around the Cincinnati Reds in the early nineties. So when the opportunity came for this I jumped at it.

Chris Sabo is a friendly guy. However, I was worried when I started to try to get a hold of him.

Sabo has been infamously modest and rumor has it he is a recluse.I called his house — no response. After a couple e-mails I was finally able to get a hold of him.

His e-mails were pretty cut and dry, so when I was scheduled to have an interview with him I was worried that I would only be getting simple answers.

I was nervous when I introduced myself and as we sat down to talk my knees were shaking. I was pretty giddy.
Before the interview I let Charlotte Etherton — The Northerner’s Photo editor and photographer for the interview — know I wanted her to sneak a couple shots of us sitting down talking to each other, just in case he said no to a picture of us together after the interview.

Chris Sabo, right, and I pose for a photo after our interview. Photo courtesy of Charlotte Etherton.

Sabo turned out to be a very friendly guy, as aforementioned. It was one of the most interesting experiences I have had in my life. To be able to sit down and speak with the “goggled” third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds.

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JT said

October 28, 2009 at 4:08 am
Chris Sabo was always one of my favorite players. I “interviewed” him on the telephone for a school project when I was in 6th grade during his rookie year. He gave me tickets to a game directly behind home plate and was extremely nice during the conversation. I still remember him saying that he was a Detroit Tigers fan growing up and his favorite player was Al Kaline. Spectacular guy, and I’m glad he made it into the Reds Hall of Fame.

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markpaynemedia said

October 30, 2009 at 9:46 pm
JT,

Sabo is a pretty interesting and very down to earth guy.And like when he spoke to you, he was very friendly, as well.

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