Steve Wiegand

Steve Wiegand is a lifelong baseball fan even though his own prowess in the game peaked at age 11, when he hit a real over-the-fence home run for the immortal Robin's Frosties Little League team. It was the only homer of his career and probably an accident. Destined for indoor work, he spent 35 years as a reporter and columnist for the San Diego Evening Tribune , the San Francisco Chronicle , and the Sacramento Bee . He is the author, co-author or contributing author of 10 books, including 1...See more

Steve Wiegand is a lifelong baseball fan even though his own prowess in the game peaked at age 11, when he hit a real over-the-fence home run for the immortal Robin's Frosties Little League team. It was the only homer of his career and probably an accident. Destined for indoor work, he spent 35 years as a reporter and columnist for the San Diego Evening Tribune , the San Francisco Chronicle , and the Sacramento Bee . He is the author, co-author or contributing author of 10 books, including 1 876: Year of the Gun; The Dancer, the Dreamers and the Queen of Romania; U.S. History for Dummies; the Mental Floss History of the World; The American Revolution for Dummies, and Lessons from the Great Depression for Dummie s . Wiegand is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR.) When not watching the San Francisco Giants fall short of his completely reasonable expectations, he enjoys playing poker and the harmonica, although usually not at the same time. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. See less