#OTD On This Day, August 18, 2006, Eddie Perez was player/coach for the Mississippi Braves, the Atlanta Braves' affiliate of the Southern League, for a game with the Tennessee Smokies Sevierville, Tenn. Perez joined the Atlanta organization at age 19 in 1987 and played in the majors for 11 years, mostly with Atlanta. In 2007 he became a coach for Atlanta and has also managed in the Venezuelan Winter League. (Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images) #MiLB #OnThisDay #MissingBaseball #nobaseball #stayathome #minorleagues #minorleaguebaseball #Baseball #SouthernLeague #AloneTogether