Jose de Jesus Ortiz spoke to Atlanta Braves’ first base coach Eric Young, Sr. yesterday, and put up a quick video on Twitter in which the former major leaguer said his son, Eric Young, Jr., had been hired as the Washington Nationals’ new first base coach.
“My son is going to be first base coach for the Washington Nationals,” Eric Young, Sr. said, breaking the news apparently, which hadn’t been reportedly elsewhere (that we are aware of) beforehand.
I just caught up with former radio partner Eric Young Sr.