18-07-2025
Ballers outfielder Lou Helmig represents deep baseball history in Germany
OAKLAND, Calif. — In the quiet dugout hours before first pitch, as a few teammates begin their pregame routines on the nearby grass, Lou Helmig pauses and ponders his baseball lineage.
He holds a bat in his hand. It always seems he has a bat in hand, ready.
Helmig also carries a deep family history with every swing and every catch, with every sprint around the basepaths. He has carried it at every level, in every new place he plays, on whatever continent it happens to be in a given moment.
