In addition to writing The Book of Baseball Literacy and ebooks about baseball history and statistics, David Martinez has worked as a news reporter, college sports broadcaster, and advertising copywriter, but his biggest love has always been baseball. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he reads extensively on the sport and owns an expansive baseball library. A California native, he received his bachelor's degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and he now makes his home in San Jose with his wife and two young children.