Recently I was fortunate to get in touch with Phillies catcher Chris Coste and he agreed to answer some questions for MLBFrontOffice.com. Coste recently came out with a book titled The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors. The following questions are just a few of the many Coste took the time to answer. You can find the rest of the interview at MLB Front Office.

You made your major league debut in May of 2006, at the age of 33. At any point in time, did you explore leaving baseball to do something else? What kept you going?

This is easily the most common question asked. Well, baseball has always been my path to follow and I assumed I would go into managing one day, so the longer I played, the better manager I assumed I would be. Also, to be in AAA, only one level from the big leagues, and walk away just wouldn’t make any sense.

What kind of attitude do you have for this coming season? I imagine you would like to stay in the majors, but what do you feel you have to do to stay there?

It feels great knowing that I will be on the team, but having said that, I do know that it is a constant tryout…there are always guys trying to take your job. I will do my best to stay around for 5-7 more years, because this is a special bunch of guys and a fun team to be around.

You recently released a new book called The 33-Year-Old Rookie: How I Finally Made it to the Big Leagues After Eleven Years in the Minors. Was it your idea to write to book?

Yes, I was going to write a book about the minor leagues and the behind the scenes things that go on. When I made it to the big leagues in 2006 and my story took off, I then received interest about writing my autobiography, and the rest is history.

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