John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948) is a former
Major League Baseball catcher and
manager, and television baseball commentator for the
Toronto Blue Jays. He played 17 seasons in the majors with the
Kansas City Royals,
Milwaukee Brewers and
Toronto Blue Jays. After his playing career, he became a broadcaster. In 1987, he became a radio color analyst for Blue Jays games. He went on to become a color commentator for
TSN for their Blue Jays games while occasionally working
ESPN games.
More recently, he had provided color commentary for
TBS and from 2003 to 2009 he was the color commentator for
Baltimore Orioles television broadcasts on the
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. He managed the
Toronto Blue Jays from 2001 until May 2002 when he was fired. He also managed
Team USA at the inaugural
World Baseball Classic in2006. On December 10, 2009, it was announced that Martinez would be the play-by-play announcer for the
Rogers Sportsnet telecasts of Toronto Blue Jays games. Martinez attended Elk Grove High School,
Sacramento City College,
Sacramento State University and
Southwest Missouri State University.
Playing career
Martinez made his major league debut in , playing 72 games with the......
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