When the call came he had been waiting for most of his life, Richie Martin missed it.
The Gators junior short stop was getting so many calls on his cell phone that when management from the Oakland A's tried to contact him to let him know he was going to be the 20th overall selection for the A's, Martin didn't get the call.
"Actually, I missed the phone call, " said Martin, who was at home in Brandon with his parents and a few close friends and family for the first day of the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday.