David Finoli is an author and sports historian that has written 18 books, mostly dealing with the history of sports in Western Pennsylvania. He has also contributed to Pittsburgh Magazine, the Pittsburgh Pirates alumni magazine, the Pittsburgh Pirates Game Day program as well as The Cambridge Companion to Baseball where he wrote a chapter on the history of the baseball expansion and franchise movement. Originally from Greensburg, PA, Finoli currently lives in nearby Monroeville and is a retail human resources/ operations manager in North Huntingdon, PA.