Ken Samelson has authored or edited scores of baseball books including The Baseball Encyclopedia, Amazing Mets Trivia (with Ross Adell), and Incredible Baseball Stories. A two-time member of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) championship trivia teams, he has also served as associate producer for Mets Extra on WFAN Radio and wrote a monthly quiz for New York Mets Inside Pitch. Born in the Bronx, he currently lives in Mamaroneck, New York.
David Russell is an Associate Digital Editor at the New York Post. A St. John's graduate with a degree in journalism, he wrote at several Queens weekly papers as well as NYSportsDay.com. He co-authored Tom Gamboa: My Life In Baseball and Rod Gaspar: Miracle Met, and also wrote Fabulous to Futile In Flushing: A Year-by-Year History of the Mets. He lives in Forest Hills, New York.