Hal Lebovitz

In 2000, he was inducted into the writer's wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

[2] Born in Cleveland, he graduated from Glenville High School in 1934 and went on to Western Reserve University where he received a degree in chemistry.

His writing continued to appear regularly in The News-Herald and The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio) until his death in 2005 at the age of 89.

He also coached baseball, basketball, and football and officiated all three sports, including a stint as a referee traveling with the Harlem Globetrotters.

[4] His writing was featured 17 times in the annual Best Sports Stories and selected for numerous other anthologies.