Bob Klapisch

Robert Salvador "Bob" Klapisch (born 1957) is a sportswriter for The Record and Fox Sports. He has previously written for The New York Post, ESPN, and New York Daily News, and has written five books about baseball.[1] He has been a voting member of the Baseball Writers Association of America since 1983.[2]

Klapisch was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia, New Jersey, where he attended Leonia High School. He was awarded a bachelor's degree, majoring in political science, from Columbia University, where he played varsity baseball and was sports editor of the university newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator.[1]

In response to his book on the 1992 Mets, The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets (ISBN 0-8032-7822-5), New York Mets outfielder Bobby Bonilla confronted Klapisch in the team's clubhouse, threatening him, and having to be restrained.[3][4]

Klapisch was married to Stephanie Stokes, a singer and boxing ring announcer, from 1995-1999.

Klapisch is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bob Klapisch, The Record (Bergen County). Accessed January 3, 2008.
  2. ^ BBWAA - Badge List, The Biz of Baseball, posted December 10, 2007. Accessed January 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Klapisch, Bob (2002-02-26). "1992 taught Mets a chemistry lesson". http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyNjgmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTI2MTgxNTgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5. 
  4. ^ Fein, Esther B. (1993-05-17). "Bookseller's Art of the Headlines". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DD143EF934A25756C0A965958260. Retrieved 2008-11-01.