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Ron Anderson A Purdue University graduate, Ron grew up in the Boston area following their 1950s era major-league teams, with loyalty initially rooted in the cross-town club, the Braves, and then in 1953 morphing allegiance to the vicissitudes of a Red Sox team and its colorful superstar, Ted Williams, upon the Braves departure. He has been a contributing writer of several SABR biographies and authored a book on former Red Sox All-Star rst baseman George Scott: Long Taters: A Baseball Biography of George “Boomer” Scott, McFarland Publishing, published in the fall of 2011. He lives with his wife, Gail, in Summerville, South Carolina.
Mark Armour is the founder and director of SABR’s Baseball Biography Project. His book (co- written by Dan Levitt) In Pursuit of Pennants—Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball was published in 2015 by the University of Nebraska Press.
Jonathan Arnold nally returned to his family’s New England roots as an 11-year-old, after his dad nished up a world tour in the Air Force, and overcame a brief Cardinal romance to become a Red Sox fanatic, which he has been ever since. Living in a Boston suburb, he’s raising two daughters to be lifelong natives of Red Sox Nation — while working as a software engineer.
Eric Aron has been a SABR member since 2002 and has contributed several bios for both the “team” book projects and BioProject website. In addition to his writing for SABR, he has contributed to other websites and magazines, including roughthefencebaseball.com, NewEnglandFilm. com, and Imagine Magazine. He lives in Boston and holds a Master’s degree in Public History & Museum Studies. He enjoys documentaries, playing hoops, and laughter Yoga.
Ray Birch lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. He is a retired middle school teacher from Narragansett, where he co-taught a class on baseball to students. He has been a member of SABR since 2000. Ray is a lifelong Red Sox fan, who attended Game Seven of the 1975 World Series between the Red Sox and the Reds.
Andrew Blume has long been obsessed with all things baseball and Red Sox. A SABR member since 2001, he lives in Natick, Massachusetts with his wife Nancy, daughters Emily and Abigail, and feline Tigger. In his spare time, he practices law. is was his rst attempt at baseball research.
Maurice Bouchard, a SABR member since 1999, has worked as an author, editor, or fact- checker on ten SABR books covering teams such as the 1912 Red Sox, the 1914 Braves, and the 1947 Dodgers. His rst e orts were published in the 2005 edition of ‘75: e Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball. Bouchard, the father of two inveterate Red Sox fans, lives with his lovely wife Kim, in bucolic Westford, New York, just a ten minute drive from 25 Main St., Cooperstown.
Bob Brady joined SABR in 1991 and is the current president of the Boston Braves Historical Association. As the editor of the Association’s quarterly newsletter since 1992, he’s had the privilege of memo- rializing the passings of the “Greatest Generation” members of the Braves Family. He owns a small piece of the Norwich, Connecticut-based Connecticut Tigers of the New York-Penn League, a Class-A short-season a liate of the Detroit Tigers. Bob has contributed biographies and supporting pieces to a number of SABR publications as well as occasionally lending a hand in the editing process.
John Cizik grew up a Yankee fan in Wilton, Connecticut living next door to a Red Sox fan. Something must have rubbed o , because he married
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