J B MANHEIM is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University, where he developed the world's first degree-granting program inpolitical communication and was later founding director of the School of Media & Public Affairs. In 1995 he was named Professor of the Yearfor the District of Columbia. He learned his love of baseball watching Dizzy Dean on the Game of the Week and huddling with his grandfather for warmth on July nights at The Mistake By The Lake, AKA, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and renewed it when the National Pastime finally returned to the Nation's Capital. He is a member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) and the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America. LAWRENCE KNORR is a lifelong baseball fan and member of SABR. He has written or co-authored several baseball books and numerous other histories and biographies. Lawrence graduated from Wilson College with a BA in Business and Economics with a minor in History. He earned an MBA from Penn State, focusing on finance and operations. He has completed all course work and comprehensive exams at Liberty University and is now working on his dissertation required for a Ph.D. in History. Lawrence has had a long career in information technology and has been an entrepreneur and executive. He is the founder and CEO of Sunbury Press, Inc., the trade publisher. You can listen to Lawrence's podcast, The Sunbury Press Books Show on the BookSpeak Network.
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