Nearly 25 years ago, Coach Bones began giving one-on-one lessons to high school freshman, Joey Martinez. Not long after, Joey’s younger brother Javier began training too… while their father (coached in high school by Coach Bones’ dad, Nick Bowness) spread the word about his sons’ progress and who was behind their success.
Javier would get drafted twice in college, eventually signing with the Seattle Mariners.
Joe would get drafted once in high school, once in college, and ultimately sign with the San Fransisco Giants, and spend 11 years playing professional baseball… including several stints in the Big Leagues.
Along with the Martinez brothers, Coach Bones would go on to train several players whose successes ranged from making the high school varsity as a freshman, moving from ninth to third in the batting order for a high school powerhouse ball club, and playing baseball in college on scholarship. (Softball hitters as well.)