101. He and Darryl Dawkins were the first high school players to skip college and make NBA rosters.
102. He keeps hinting that he wants to be the first impact offensive player to jump from Japan to the major leagues.
103. He may be the first active player to own a major piece of another team, albeit in another country.
104. He has a chance to become the first player from his country to pitch professionally in Korea, Japan, and the United States.
105. He often was the first player to arrive and the last to leave.
106. He hosted a postdraft party at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to celebrate being the first player selected.
107. He instead became the first player in the history of the expansion Carolina Panthers.
108. He is the first Latin American player in baseball history to win the MVP award twice, which may speak to the same bias to which Melvin is alluding.
109. He is the first PGA Tour player this year to lead by three strokes after the first round.
110. He is the first player to be named MVP of an All-Star Game in his own park.