First Baseman

The 1B first baseman, abbreviated (German: first base man) is a field position in baseball. It is taken from that player who stands on the first base. In the notation of the official baseball first baseman the "number 3".

The first baseman 's job to cover first base, and catch balls thrown to her team-mates before opposing base runner to reach first base. First Basemen therefore are often at the end of a double play. Since First Basemen often have to perform acrobatic maneuvers fishing, they are ideally tall and articulated. He also wears an oversized baseball glove that does not have individual fingers, but more like a large trowel is shaped. A first baseman has two important maneuvers dominate:

• Short hop: a batted baseball shortly after the impact with the ground in the ascending movement ( "short hop" ) to accept as a half-volley to wait instead on the descending movement ( "long hop" ). This is difficult because of the uneven ground, but saves valuable time.
• Day play: to dive after a beaten baseball, and to touch the opposing base runner with ball in hand ( "tag" ) before it reaches the base.