Warren N. Wilbert is dean emeritus of Concordia University’s School of Adult Learning in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 1994 and has written articles for The Baseball Research Journal and National Pastime. He has authored or coauthored several books about the history of the game, including The 1917 White Sox: Their World Championship Season (2003), The Arrival of the American League: Ban Johnson and the 1901 Challenge to National League Monopoly (2007), and Opening Pitch: Professional Baseball’s Inaugural Season, 1871 (Scarecrow Press, 2007).