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You Never Forget Your First: Ballplayers Recall Their Big League Debuts Hardcover – January 1, 2005

by Josh Lewin (Author)
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Having already penned Getting in the Game, his inside scoop on the mayhem within baseball's winter meetings, Josh Lewin once again gives baseball fans a window into the big leagues. By interviewing big league ballplayers about their first day in the majors, Lewin creates fascinating mini-biographies of the players, highlighting the personalities hidden behind the on-field accomplishments. He lets the players recount their own memories of how they made it to the big leagues. InYou Never Forget Your First, Lewin shares the stories of players great and less so. Tony Gwynn recalls singling in his first at bat and finding Pete Rose waiting for him at first base with a wink and a warning: "Don't break my record all at once, kid." Bob Brenly heard of his call-up on the car radio while on a family trip to the Grand Canyon. He then stood helplessly in the middle of the Arizona desert after his transmission gave out, trying to convince passersby he was a ballplayer heading to the big leagues and needed a lift to the airport. Duane Kuiper witnessed a fight both on the field and in his own clubhouse his first day in Cleveland. Greg Maddux recalls being stuck at the Chicago River drawbridge, convinced he'd never make it to Wrigley Field in time for his debut. Lewin interviews modern star players such as A-Rod, Barry Bonds, and Manny Ramirez, as well as Hall of Famers such as Jim Palmer, Don Sutton, and George Brett. More than 100 popular baseball players are profiled, complete with the box scores of their big league debuts.
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  1. Print length
    253 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Potomac Books Inc
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1574889613
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1574889611
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JOSH LEWIN is a play-by-play announcer for Fox TV’s "Saturday Game of the Week" and is the television voice of the Texas Rangers. A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism, he’s worked with legendary broadcasters Jon Miller in Baltimore, Harry Caray in Chicago, and Ernie Harwell in Detroit. He lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Potomac Books Inc; First Edition (January 1, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1574889613
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1574889611
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches

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  • R. Griffith
    4.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing so far
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2008
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    I pretty much agree with what the first reviewer wrote, but here's why I'm a little disappointed with the book (I'm about 1/3 through it right now) - it seems a little repetitive, getting basically the same story from a number of players. Who told them they were going to the majors, who did they call (and how), how did they get to the city of their first game. All good stuff, but a little heavy on the logistics of the call-up and not as much emotion as I'd hoped for. There are some tidbits that are really cool (such as Josh Beckett once threw a pitch at the FATHER of an opponent because he thought the guy was giving away pitch locations).

    What I think would make a more interesting book would be a slightly different look. Ask the players about how they were first scouted, signed, moved their way up through the minors. Did the great players always know they'd be great, or did they have their moments when they were ready to give up (as Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle both did early in their careers). Did marginal players also believe they'd have better careers than they wound up having? Also interview some highly touted prospects who never quite made it. Stuff like that.

    Anyway, this is a great concept turned into a worthwhile read by one of baseball's better TV announcers.
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  • Alan Cohen
    3.0 out of 5 stars ... accounts as players in this books tend to be better spoken that they are when I see them interviewed
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015
    I generally am skeptical of these types of accounts as players in this books tend to be better spoken that they are when I see them interviewed. Also I have have problems when the author does not do necessary fact checking. Specifically, when Joe Torre's first game is mentioned, it is indicated that he came up to Milwaukee at the end of his season in Eau Clair, as brother Frank was finishing the season. By the time he arrived in Milwaukee, Frank was long gone from the Braves, having been sent down to the minors earlier in the season.
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  • gb_tarheelsfan
    4.0 out of 5 stars a book you'l keep wanting to delve back into.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2008
    This book covers over 100 players and for each in 2-3 pages tells you a biography of a player, the player describing their debut in the bigs and a box score from that game. My favourite element was the last element though a fact about something that also happened on that day and a second fact which links the first to the player being profiled. Certainly not a book to be read in one go and best read a few stories at a time. Most of the players are fairly modern but there are a few players from the 60's and the 70's.
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