The First Baseman
Product Description
The First Baseman examines baseball's most social, under-appreciated position in depth
through the eyes of major leaguers, past and present. Author Tom Keegan, a Hall of Fame
voter, interviewed Sean Casey, Todd Helton, Keith Hernandez, Derek Lee, Don Mattingly,
Mike Piazza, Jim Thome and other ballplayers as well as several baseball managers and
former managers about the nuances of the position and the keys to playing it well. Several
players offer insights as to just what they are talking about during those conversations
that take place between first basemen and base-runners. The late Elden Auker compared and
contrasted Hall of Fame first basemen Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig and Hank Greenberg, all of
whom he counted as friends.
