Marcos Grunfeld

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Marcos Grunfeld covers the Boston Red Sox for El Emergente and is a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, based in Boston and reporting in both English and Spanish. Over his career, he has interviewed Venezuelan, Dominican, and American players, executives, and baseball figures, including Miguel Cabrera, Félix Hernández, Johan Santana, and Omar Vizquel. He began his career in Caracas in 2007 and has spent more than 15 years covering the Venezuelan Winter League, Major League Baseball, and the World Baseball Classic as a newspaper reporter, radio host, and TV producer for Líder, Meridiano, and Unión Radio. He also runs The Beatwriter, a bilingual baseball platform, and directed A Second Chance, a documentary on Venezuelan outfielder David Peralta. He is a voter for the Luis Aparicio Award and the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Journalist

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Stories by Marcos

Boston, MA / Venezuela
September 28, 2026
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Essays

The Long Season

In a year that brought Maduro's capture, Venezuela's first World Baseball Classic title , and earthquakes that claimed the lives of thousands, a Venezuelan beat reporter covering the Red Sox tries to answer a friend's simple question: what's the most important thing you've seen this year?

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