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Tricia Whitaker

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Tricia Whitaker

@TriciaWhitaker

📺@appleTV MLB Friday Night ⚾️ sideline reporter. Studio Host: @cbssports 👩‍🏫 @IUmediaschool teacher🎙️Host: Sideline Stories w/ Tricia & Sydney.

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Joined December 2010

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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Apr 4
Welp…….The Brewers now have a pet turtle. A pocket turtle. 🐢 Backstory: I caused Pat Murphy chaos with pocket pancakes… So this time during our interview, Murph handed me a……live turtle and said, “Good luck getting it through TSA.” The turtle, will be staying with the
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Aug 15, 2025
“I do not view down syndrome as a disability, my wife doesn’t view it as a disability & neither will Penelope. She wakes up with a smile on her face everyday. And we should all live life that way.” 💙💛 🥹 If you do nothing else today, listen to this answer from @Rangers Jake
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Sep 19, 2025
🤝When you make a promise to Salvador Pérez — you keep it. Even if it is terrifying. This is the exact moment relief hit when my first ever interview in Spanish ended ✅ A month ago I promised Perez I’d do our next interview in Spanish, after I told him I was learning Spanish.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Sep 20, 2025
Normally I don’t give trolls traction, but this is such a tired comment in baseball, so let’s make it quick & simple: 1.Nobody pressured me—literally zero. Shocking, I know, but I can think for myself. 2.Speaking Spanish doesn’t make me less ‘American’—it makes me less lazy.
Jduce IV
@JduceGorillo
Sep 20, 2025
Replying to @TriciaWhitaker
This is America where we get pressured into learning their language when they come over… hey siri play someone make it stop by Mike.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Aug 16, 2025
Hey Toronto. I like you. And your team. So much fun. Love seeing this city experience this run.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Feb 26, 2017
Collin Hartman just proposed to his girlfriend and she said yes. That's doing senior night right. Video below. Wow.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Aug 2, 2025
Hi 🤝 I am said reporter.
Rich Ratay
@RichRatay
Aug 1, 2025
The Apple TV sideline reporter just took a bite out of a cold pancake that Manager Pat Murphy pulled out of his back pocket. That’s commitment to the craft.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Sep 20, 2025
😅 First interview in Spanish ✅ Terrifying, humbling, and a whole new respect for every player who does interviews in a second language. HUGE thank you to Salvador Pérez for his patience and walking me through the whole thing. He was incredibly kind & encouraging. I made
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Oct 21, 2025
Just a random note about George Springer. A lot of players get frustrated by the influx of interview requests when they’re having an incredible season. Everyone wants to interview them, understandably so. I had the Blue Jays 6 times this season on national game broadcasts. I
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Mar 18, 2022
You guys I am dead. Wander Franco parked in @RaysBaseball GM Erik Neander’s spot today at spring training. As a result, Kevin Cash had them pull Wander’s car out onto the field during workouts.
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Jul 26, 2024
Thank you, @RandyArozarena. I started with the Rays in 2019. It was a fun year. But then covid happened. 2020 was rough. But one day, in August of 2020, I hopped on a Zoom to do an interview with a guy I had frankly never really heard much of. He had had covid for a month,
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
May 4, 2023
Kevin Cash on Wander’s ball flip yesterday, that has been quite the popular video today: “I get home and now I know my son JD is gonna look at me & tell me to go out there & practice that play with him. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do that because I can't relate to the
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May 4, 2023
Baseball is fun. Wander has fun. #RaysUp
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Oct 11, 2025
What. A. Game. Mariners & Blue Jays were a couple of the teams I enjoyed covering most on Apple TV this season. Full of energetic, easy to work with players and two wildly passionate fan bases absolutely pining for postseason success. Going to be an incredible ALCS 👏🏻
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Tricia Whitaker
@TriciaWhitaker
Oct 16, 2025
👮‍♂️ Can we talk about Julio Rodriguez hugging the cop in the dugout after his home run 🥹 In most stadiums, there’s a cop in the dugout during games. I usually sit in the camera well right next to the cop when I’m on sideline duties. While the cops are always appreciated by the
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