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ERIK JOHNSON is one of the original founders of Get Up & Go Baseball and has been an active member ofthe organization since the late 1980s. Erik grew up in Northern California and played Little League
baseball in the San RamonValley area where his teams qualified for the Little League and Senior LeagueWorld Series. His teams reached the championship game both times.
Erik attended De La Salle High School in Concord where he lettered in basketball and baseball. He received an athletic scholarship to UC Santa Barbara and was named to All Pacific Coast Athletic Association baseball team his last three seasons and a preseason All-American his junior and senior years. Erik was an18th-round pick of the San Francisco Giants in 1987 and played professionally for 10 years, including two seasons with the Giants in 1993-94.
In 1995, Erik played in the Triple-A All-Star Game and started at shortstop. Erik was inducted into the UC Santa Barbara Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998, into the Tri-Valley Hall Of Fame in 2002 and into the De La Salle High School Hall of Fame in 2007. He is currently the President and Director of Baseball Instruction for EJ Sports, LLC. He also the general manager for all of the traveling teams in EJ SPORTS. The Pacific Coast Stars, Titans and the Warriors. His teams play internationally and domestically. Erik resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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JOE MILLETTE is one of the original founders of Get Up & Go Baseball and has been an active member of the organization since the late 1980s. Joe grew up in Lafayette, Calif., and he played in Lafayette Little League and continued through Pony, Colt and American Legion. He attended Acalanes High School where he played baseball, basketball, soccer and football. Joe attended Diablo Valley College where he was an all-conference player and part of the most successful baseball team in school history.
He received an athletic scholarship to St. Mary’s College of California, where he finished his collegiate career. Joe was elected captain as a senior and received the Bill Fischer Award for overall commitment and dedication to St. Mary’s baseball. He graduated with a degree in Business Administration. After college, Joe signed a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1988 and played professionally for 10 years. He played shortstop in the major leagues in 1992-93 with the ’93 team losing to the Toronto Blue Jays in theWorld Series.
Joe played with four other organizations — the Florida Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs. He retired in 1998 after shoulder surgery. In 1998-2000, Joe served as an assistant baseball coach at his alma mater. Joe resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife Jennifer, daughter Lauren and sons Jack and Will. |
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RON WOTUS has been a member of Get Up & Go Baseball since the late 1980s. Beginning in 1979, Ron played professionally for 11 years, spending parts of the 1983-85 seasons as in infielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates. After retiring, he became a manager in the San Francisco Giants minor-league system. In seven years, Ron’s teams finished 555-411 for a .575 winning percentage. During the 1991-92 seasons, Ron managed at Single-A San Jose, and his 1991 club posted a 92-44 record, the best in all of professional baseball. He was voted California League Manager of the Year and
Baseball America’s Class-A Manager of the Year.
From 1993-95, Ron managed at Double-A Shreveport and led the team to three consecutive playoff berths. The 1995 team won the Texas League championship with an 88-47 record, the best in all of minor-league baseball. In 1996-97, Ron managed the Triple-A Phoenix club, and the team won back-to-back Pacific Coast League Southern Division titles. The 1997 team finished 88-55, the best record in Triple-A baseball, and Ron was voted Best Manager Prospect by his peers. In 1998, Ron was the San Francisco Giants’ third-base coach.
Ron currently is the bench coach and infield coach for the Giants, a position he has held since 1999. During Ron’s 10 years coaching in the Major Leagues he has been involved in the postseason three times and a World Series in 2002.As a bench coach he has served three of the top managers in baseball, Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou and Bruce Bochy. Ron resides in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife Laurie. |
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