{"id":47579,"date":"2020-10-30T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=47579"},"modified":"2020-11-06T12:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T17:11:52","slug":"yankees-catcher-erik-kratz-02-interviewed-on-odac-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/yankees-catcher-erik-kratz-02-interviewed-on-odac-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees catcher Erik Kratz &#8217;02 interviewed on &#8216;ODAC Chat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Oct. 28 show &#8220;ODAC Chat,&#8221; hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, features <strong>Erik Kratz<\/strong>, catcher for the New York Yankees and EMU alumnus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-minute show is hosted by ODAC Associate Commissioner <strong>J.J. 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