About Rob Sheinkopf

Rob Sheinkopf, originally from Syracuse, New York, is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and has presented his research over many years to SABR and to the Sport Literature Association (SLA), NINE – the history and culture of baseball, and the Cooperstown Symposium at the Baseball Hall of Fame.  

Rob is the author and editor of “Hey Mom, wanna have a catch?”, an anthology of baseball stories honoring parents who encourage or simply put up with their child’s love for and obsession with America’s National Pastime. It was released in March, 2025 and available on Amazon, and wherever great books are sold online.

Rob’s book, “Baseball Imposters, the dark side of fandom“, was released on December 29, 2025, and is now available on Amazon and BookBaby.

After a 40 year career in higher education, Rob retired in 2013 and moved to San Francisco where he found his dream job as a luxury suites concierge for the Giants.  Keeping a diary of his first year’s activities, he wrote and presented a paper, My Year in the Big Leagues at the international conference of the Sport Literature Association in Limoges, France.  The Pandemic abruptly ended Rob’s promising baseball concierging career.

Rob and his wife, Lisa, provide a loving home for their dog, Bochy, in Las Vegas as well as in Ponte Vedra, Florida, dividing their time between the two as they trade intense heat and traffic jams for uncomfortable humidity, snakes and large bugs at various times of the year to be with their 5-year-old granddaughter, Molly, and her mom and dad.