Episode 100: Tri-Cultural Success At It's Best: The Real Life Mr. Baseball w/ Orestes "Big O" Destrade

Episode 100 of The Hitstreak, a podcast where we talk about anything and everything!  This week we are joined by Former MLB and Japan League Player and Tampa Bay Devil Rays Broadcaster, Orestes Destrade! Let us know in the comments what YOU want to hear about next!About our guest: Orestes in 2022, entered his 12th season as part of the Rays Award-winning, Fox Sports Florida broadcast. And his 20th year in TV+Radio Broadcasting.  Co-hosting the popular Rays Live Pre and Post Show(s). As well as, appearing during select home games, as an in-game sideline color analyst and certain Rays Spanish broadcasts. Orestes is also, in the Tampa Bay Rays front office as, Director of Baseball/Community Outreach. Representing and appearing in many capacities and events as a Rays Org Ambassador.In August of 2018, Orestes was Honored at MetLife Stadium by his former Japan NPB Team, the Seibu Lions, as one of only 4 All-Time Greats of the Lions.  He was the only Gaijin/Foreigner of the 4 Players Honored during the Lions season-long 40th Club Anniversary Celebration. In Dec 2017, Orestes and his Fox crew won a Regional Sports Emmy Award for the Rays, in-game production called, “Demo-Day”. In which, Orestes played a key role in creating and appearing in.  Born in Cuba and raised in Miami since he was 6 years old, Orestes Destrade played 1B/OF/DH for 15 pro seasons including, in the Major Leagues with the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins.Follow and contact: Twitter: @odestrade  About Our Sponsors:Hitlab: We specialize in the creation, marketing, and promotion of Podcasts and other serial content. http://hitlabstudio.com/Team Hiter: Our mission is to protect our customers from financial hardship due to unforeseen illness or injury. Simply stated, we provide peace of mind in keeping the promise of financial protection afforded by our health coverages. https://teamhiter.com/RAC Financial has the integration of partner solutions that every business owner needs to be successful. They help make payment processing simple, secure, and reliable by using state-of-the-art tokenization standards that are required of all businesses. RAC Financial cares about you and your business, and they will do their very best to serve you. Your success is RAC Financial’s success. They've processed over $3B annually in transactions in less than three years!Get a FREE RAC Financial Cost Savings Analysis for your business here: https://racsignup.com/?ref=nhiterSign Up To Be A RAC Financial Agent here: https://racsignup.com/agent-signup/Sign Up To Be A RAC Financial Affiliate here: https://racsignup.com/affiliate-signup/Learn more about RAC Financial in my interview with Cole Christian, COO of RAC Financial!     • Episode 58: Simpl...  'The Hitstreak' Sponsored by RAC FinancialIntro Produced by Jim McCarthyShow Music Produced by Charles Henry & Ace YoungSpecial Thanks to the Hitlab Creative Team