Wilson, Doug

Ophthalmologist DOUG WILSON grew up memorizing the backs of baseball cards and dreaming of the big leagues. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he has written three previous baseball books. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children and live in Columbus, Indiana. He still haunts the softball fields of Columbus, Indiana as a left-handed shortstop.

"I want to write about the good guys of the game of baseball--there is enough out there on the scandals, steroids and boorish behavior by players. I want to bring the good characters back to the forefront. I enjoy researchin...