Klima, John

John Klima is the author of "Willie's Boys: The 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, The Last Negro League World Series, and The Making of a Baseball Legend" (Wiley, 2009). His story, "Deal of the Century", was selected by "When Pride Still Mattered: Lombardi" author David Maraniss to appear in the 2007 edition of "The Best American Sports Writing". Klima's work has also appeared in "The New York Times", Yahoo! Sports, ESPN.com and" The Los Angeles Times". A former national baseball columnist and minor league radio play-by-play announcer, Klima is also a professionally trained baseball scout who stud...