Weiner, J. J.

George Gmelch, a former first baseman in the Detroit Tigers farm system, is Roger Thayer Stone Professor of Anthropology at Union College in Schenectady, New York. He is the author of nine books, including "Inside Pitch: Life in Professional Baseball," also available in a Bison Books edition, and "Baseball without Borders: The International Pastime" (Nebraska 2006). J. J. Weiner worked in the front office of the Birmingham Barons and collaborated on this book as an anthropology student.