{"id":793,"date":"2026-05-20T15:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:04:42","slug":"for-sox-coach-chad-epperson-tuesday-was-a-one-of-a-kind-family-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"For Sox coach Chad Epperson, Tuesday was a one-of-a-kind family reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KANSAS CITY \u2014 Red Sox interim third base coach Chad Epperson had the experience of a lifetime on Tuesday, getting driven to the ballpark by his son, Drew Epperson, a major league video assistant for the Royals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis goes up there personally for me with the Duck Boat ride,\u201d said Chad Epperson. \u201cThis is one of the greatest things in my career.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Chad Epperson has been in the game for more than 30 years. Drew started accompanying him to ballparks in 2004, when Epperson was a coach for the Sox\u2019 Single-A Augusta affiliate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But it was Drew who first became part of a major-league staff when the Royals, following a multi-year internship program, hired him as a video assistant during the 2024-25 offseason. When he got the job, Drew \u2014 a UMass-Lowell graduate who worked his way up from clubhouse responsibilities with the Lowell Spinners \u2014 immediately called his father, who was coaching winter ball in the Dominican.<\/span><\/p>\n

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