Ultimate Baseball Road Trip (146 page)

Josh Pahigian
swore off baseball for the first time at age twelve when the ball went through Bill Buckner’s legs in the 1986 World Series. He rejoined Red Sox Nation the following March, but retained his Red Sox fatalism until October 2004, when suddenly a weight was lifted from his shoulders, his head emerged from a post-adolescent fog that had lasted about a decade too long, and a whole bunch of other clichés came crashing down. He looks at life a lot more optimistically now that his Red Sox have won two World Championships in his lifetime.

Besides co-authoring this book, Josh has published six other books—including
101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out
and
The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip
, both with Lyons Press. Josh has also written for several print and web-based periodicals, including ESPN.com. In addition, his short stories have appeared in national and international literary journals and magazines, in English and in translation in Armenian.

Josh lives in Buxton, Maine, with his wife, Heather, and son, Spencer. He holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross and Emerson College. He teaches part-time at the University of New England.

Kevin O’Connell
is a West Coast sports fan living in the East, which means he’s an incurable insomniac, up all hours of the night watching his beloved Seattle Mariners and Gonzaga Bulldogs. One day he hopes one of these two teams will find their way into a championship game—and perhaps even win it. Until then, he watches and practices Zen-like patience.

Along with co-authoring both versions of this book, he also collaborated on
Why I Hate the Yankees,
a satirical and critical look at America’s most successful sports franchise. He’s the writer of articles for magazine, newspaper, and web publications, including ESPN Travel. Kevin is the screenwriter of the short film
Houses and Rooms,
which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Kevin lives with his wife, Meghan, and his daughters, Maeve and Rory, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds degrees from Emerson College and Gonzaga University.

Both authors are interested in receiving reader feedback. Get in touch with them via e-mail at
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