Keith Hernandez Biography

Fast Facts

• His father, John Hernandez, was a prospect for the Brooklyn Dodgers
• He and future professional baseball player Bob McClure played little league and high school baseball together
• His father taught him to play baseball while he was growing up
• Quote: "[on baseball] "Seven months with 20 days off - that's the beauty of the game․ The perseverance and the will․ It's a game of perseverance and will and power and strength․""
• Quote: "I've lost the dedication that goes into baseball․ I gave it 100 percent attention․ I don't even want to swing a baseball bat․ It's over for me․ My life now is in New York․ My life has unlimited horizons․"
• Quote: "I was a shy person around strangers, but not around my teammates․"
• A first baseman who won World Series Championships with the St․ Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets
• In 2006, he became a baseball analyst for the New York Mets
• Co-wrote a book called "Pure Baseball," which was published in 1994
• Enjoys trying out restaurants that have just opened