So were the paths between the plate and first base, and third base and home.
My job was to get to first base so we could try and score a run.
Robertson said he injured the leg running to cover first base in the eighth inning Wednesday.
Instead he tells about getting picked off first base during a play-off in Ottumwa, Iowa.
He played third base, first base and the outfield at various stages of his career.
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Miami went ahead 2-0 in the second when Fernandez singled to score Jeff Mathis from first base.
An angry Collins waved his arms about and kicked first base before finally returning to the dugout.
Lyle Overbay gets the nod at first base, six days after being cut by the Red Sox.
The 13-time All-Star also fielded 45 grounders at short, and threw to first base for the first time.
The game was tied 2-2 in the fifth inning, with two out and Detroit's Quintin Berry on first base.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss said first base umpire Phil Cuzzi told him that he thought Boesch beat the throw.
The fans groaned when first base umpire Mark Carlson correctly called him safe.
Instead, the ball smacked into first base and popped straight into the air.
The career saves leader with 608, Rivera said the biggest tests will be fielding bunts and covering first base.
The Yankee shortstop is an expert at fielding the balls he gets to and firing them to first base.
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"I was covering first base, and I just felt something grab, " Hughes said.
Helton thought Boesch was out and began heading to the dugout, but first base umpire Phil Cuzzi ruled him safe.
Robertson said he tweaked his left hamstring, near his knee, as he broke to cover first base on a grounder.
Texas was leading 1-0 in the first when Lance Berkman scored from first base on Adrian Beltre's two-out bloop double.
What he saw, down the first base line, was left-handed pitcher Cat Osterman working on her wicked windmill underhand delivery.
Replays indicated first base umpire Eric Cooper got two calls wrong in the sixth inning, both of which went against Baltimore.
Friedman replaced him at first base with journeyman Casey Kotchman, who hit .306 and fielded well for a lot less money.
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Canadian first base coach Larry Walker, a former NL MVP, said he held back Mexico star Adrian Gonzalez during the altercation.
Finally, he stood, began to walk to first base, and then turned and headed into the clubhouse, done for the night.
The gathered crowd consisted mostly of retirees and children, and they seemed content watching pitchers cover first base for an hour.
But as a right-hander, he was doomed to face away from first base, making him easy prey for skilled base stealers.
After an out, Votto, the NL player of the week, hit a smash that ricocheted off first base and into right field.
Lawrie made a low throw that first base umpire Chad Fairchild initially said Encarncion made a clean scoop and Francisco was out.
Girardi says Boesch will get some time at first base in Scranton.
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