Rob Sheinkopf is a retired college admissions director, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally from Syracuse, New York, Rob grew up a die-hard Yankee fan but broadened his baseball fandom as he lived in Chicago and couldn’t help but cheer for the Cubs. Later, in his retirement years he lived in San Francisco where he worked for the Giants as a luxury suites concierge and as a loyal employee, he had no choice but to become a Giants fan. It was at Oracle Park where he listened to fans telling him their baseball stories and developed the idea for this book. Here he has found a forum in which to tell his own baseball stories and share those of other fans whose fathers and mothers nurtured their love of the game.
Rob and his wife, Lisa, provide a loving home for their dog, Bochy, in Las Vegas, Nevada as well as in Ponte Vedra, Florida, dividing their time between the two as they trade intense heat for uncomfortable humidity at various times of the year to be with their 4-year-old granddaughter, Molly, and her mom and dad.
Rob Sheinkopf is a retired college admissions director, now living in Las Vegas, Nevada. Originally from Syracuse, New York, Rob grew up a die-hard Yankee fan but broadened his baseball fandom as he lived in Chicago and couldn’t help but cheer for the Cubs. Later, in his retirement years he lived in San Francisco where he worked for the Giants as a luxury suites concierge and as a loyal employee, he had no choice but to become a Giants fan. It...
My best friend was always my dad. His work ethic as a sole proprietor, as well as, his love for baseball have been a positive influence throughout my life. As a young man while working at a downtown Milwaukee shoe store he would often ask his boss for the day off to go to the old Bourchert Field, home of the original Milwaukee Brewers. There he would sell concessions where he said he could make more money than selling shoes! Later in life he impressed me when he would rush home from work, skip...
Read Glenn Yaffa’s heartfelt tribute to his father and the profound influence he had on Glenn’s love of baseball.
Glenn Yaffa is a retired wine industry sales and marketing executive, living in Redmond, Washington. Originally from Alpine, New Jersey, Glenn has been a Yankee fan all his life, adopting the Mets when they came into being to enhance the daily conversation with his father… and because the Mets are in the National League.
George Gmelch and the story of “Southern Exposure” A career-ending encounter with Jim Crow.”
59 years doesn’t seem like a very long time when looking at the bigger picture. But, that’s how long ago it was when the Jim Crow laws were in effect. For those that are short on their history lessons, these were a collection of state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. Those that defied these laws faced arrests, fines, jail sentences,...
