Charles Nyonga caught up with Eric Martins, former Oakland A’s MLBbro and current team hitting coach. Martin expressed his passion for going into the Oakland community and sharing his knowledge, experience and love for the game with inner-city youth.
Who Is Oakland A’s Hitting Coach Eric Martins?
Martins was drafted by the A’s in 1994. It took 26 years of grinding through the Minors, but he finally secured a big league gig. After slashing 276/.359/.376 over seven seasons in the Minors and never getting the call up to The Show, in 2007, he reunited with the A’s as a scout and that’s where his real baseball journey began, his calling as a teacher of the sport.
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