RANDY FREKING is a lifelong baseball fan and current cohost of the podcast, WE LOVE OUR TEAM. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Sue, and they have four adult children and enough grandchildren to field a starting lineup. They are blessed with many nieces and nephews, including coauthor Grant. A retired lawyer versed in labor law, Randy is the author of Cincinnati's 150-Year Opening Day History: The Hoopla Started With A Parade (Cincinnati Book Publishing, 2018); coauthor with Mike Zilliox of @Titanicstruggle: The Best of Marty Brennaman (Cincinnati Book Publishing, 2020); author of The Real Employee Handbook (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012); and author of the ABA Consumer Guide to Employee Rights (American Bar Association, 2015). Randy was listed in every edition of Best Lawyers in America from 1994 through his retirement in 2020. Randy graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law, along with classmates and avid baseball fans, Jim Neary and Bob Kiss. Neary and Kiss, bearing the pseudonyms of Jim Far and Bob Smack in the fictional chapters herein, were Randy's co-conspirators in filing the lawsuit that inspired this book.
GRANT FREKING is also a lifelong baseball fan and overall sports enthusiast. He lives in Cincinnati, surrounded by family and friends.
A journalist/writer since age 16 and a graduate of The Ohio State University, Grant currently works in marketing and communications for the University of Cincinnati. He has written for a host of brands, magazines, newspapers, and websites covering everything from high school gymnastics meets in Lafayette, Indiana, to signage and graphics conventions in Las Vegas.
Grant’s writing has garnered honors from the Public Relations Society of America’s Cincinnati chapter, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Indiana Associated Press Media Editors, the Hoosier State Press Association, and the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association.
He is eternally grateful for Randy’s support, wisdom, and presence in his life.