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Meet our new A’s beat writer, Martin Gallegos

OAKLAND — What’s up, A’s fans?

You might have noticed my byline last season while I filled in on coverage last season for the East Bay Times and the Mercury News and wondered, “Who the heck is he?”

Now that I’m officially your new A’s beat writer, with feet on the desert floor in Arizona, I should tell you a little about me.

At my core, I’m just a kid from San Jose who loves baseball.

My dad took me to Candlestick Park — then known as 3Com — for my first game when I was 5.