Question: Who played first base for the American League team in what ESPN selected as the "Greatest of All Time" in their "World Series 100th Anniversary" countdown?
Context: The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League.  It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English club final for the first time in the history of the competition.  This was only the third time that two clubs from the same country had contested the final; the others being the 2000 and 2003 finals.  It was the first European Cup final played in Russia, and hence the easternmost final in the tournament's history.  It also marked the 100th anniversary of Manchester United's first league triumph, the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, and the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup triumph in 1968.  It was Manchester United's third European Cup final after 1968 and 1999, while it was Chelsea's first. Paul Anthony Sorrento (born November 17, 1965) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball.  From 1989 through 1999, Sorrento played for the Minnesota Twins (1989–91), Cleveland Indians (1992–95), Seattle Mariners (1996–97) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–99).  He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.  Sorrento played high school baseball for St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts (1979-1983).  Sorrento played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin.  Sorrento played in two World Series, one for the Twins in 1991 and one for the Indians, in 1995. Ernest Raeford "Mule" Shirley (May 24, 1901 in Snow Hill, North Carolina – August 4, 1955 in Goldsboro, North Carolina), was a Major League Baseball player who played first base from 1924 -1925 .  He both batted and threw left-handed.  For the 1924 Washington Senators he logged 100 regular season At bats.  He appeared in three games of the 1924 World Series which the Senators won, registering one hit in two At bats, batting in one and scoring once.  Shirley attended The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1921 to 1923 where he was a member of Theta Chi fraternity.  He was the son of Octavius Shirley (March 4, 1984 – May 1, 1967) and Anna Shingleton (Shirley) The 2012 World Series was the 108th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series.  The San Francisco Giants, the National League champions, won the best-of-seven playoff in a 4-game sweep over the American League champions Detroit Tigers.  This marked the Giants' seventh World Series title in franchise history, their second in San Francisco (they won five in New York), and their second in a three-year period (2010–2012).  Their World Series sweep was the first by a National League team since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 series and the first NL sweep not by the Reds since 1963, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the New York Yankees.  The Giants' Pablo Sandoval, who in Game 1 tied a record by hitting three home runs in one World Series game, two off of Tigers' ace Justin Verlander, was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP). James Michael Eisenreich ( ; born April 18, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball player with a 15-year career from 1982–1984 and 1987–1998.  He played for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals of the American League, and the Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League.  He played first base, outfield and designated hitter. The 1991 World Series pitted the American League (AL) champion Minnesota Twins (95–67) against the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves (94–68).  The Twins defeated the Braves four games to three to win the championship.  ESPN selected it as the "Greatest of All Time" in their "World Series 100th Anniversary" countdown, with five of its games being decided by a single run, four games decided in the final at-bat and three games going into extra innings. Eugene James Petralli (born September 25, 1959) is a former professional baseball player.  Petralli played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, both of Major League Baseball's American League, for part of twelve seasons from to .  Primarily a catcher, he also played first base, second base, third base, outfield and designated hitter. Carroll Wayne Belardi (September 5, 1930 – October 21, 1993) played baseball at Bellarmine College Preparatory, where he graduated in 1948.  He then played first base in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers.  He played from 1950 to 1956 and appeared in the 1953 World Series for the Dodgers. Donald Chris James (born October 4, 1962) is an American retired utility Major League Baseball player with a 10-year career from 1986 to 1995.  A 1981 graduate Stratford High School, he played for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros all of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox all of the American League.  He played first base, third base, outfield and designated hitter.  Chris James is the brother of former SMU and New England Patriots running back and former/ABC/ESPN/CBS college football analyst Craig James. Ice hockey has been a key element of Canada's cultural and social history.  This has been captured on various releases from Canada Post.  In 1956 Canada Post Office released a 5¢ stamp paying tribute to Canadian hockey players for "the prestige they have earned for Canada in international competition."  Releases of the late 20th Century included the commemoration of the XV Olympic Winter Games held in Calgary, a three stamp set honouring the 75th Anniversary of the National Hockey League, the 100th Anniversary of the Stanley Cup, and the 25th Anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series.  In the 2000s, the key release has been the series of National Hockey League All-Stars.  The series lasted from 2000 to 2005.  Other hockey issues have included a commemorative envelope to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the International Postal Hockey Tournament and a stamp to commemorate the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah featured a hockey player.
Answer: Paul Anthony Sorrento