Rich Westcott is the author of 25 previous books. A newspaper and magazine writer, an editor for more than 40 years, and a former president of the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association, he has written for numerous national publications. He was the founding publisher of the newspaper Phillies Report, which covered the team for fourteen years, and has appeared in 10 film documentaries about baseball. A special advisor to the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, he is also an inductee into four halls of fame.