Rob Sheinkopf, originally from Syracuse, New York, is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) and has presented his research over many years to SABR and to the Sport Literature Association (SLA), to NINE -the history and culture of baseball, and to the Cooperstown Symposium at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Rob is the author and editor of “Hey Mom, wanna have a catch?”, an anthology of baseball stories honoring parents who encourage or simply put up with their child’s love for and obsession with our National Pastime. He is also the author of "Baseball Imposters, the dark side of fandom", based upon over 40 years of research and writing about grown men who pass themselves off as former major league baseball players. Those books are available wherever great books are sold online.
After a 40 year career in higher education, Rob retired and moved to San Francisco where he found his dream job as a luxury suites concierge for the Giants. Keeping a diary of his first year’s activities, he wrote and presented a paper, My Year in the Big Leagues at the international conference of the SLA in Limoges, France. The Pandemic ended Rob's baseball career.
Rob and his wife, Lisa, provide a loving home for their dog, Bochy, in Las Vegas as well as in Ponte Vedra, Florida, dividing their time between the two as they trade intense heat for uncomfortable humidity at various times of the year to be with their 5-year-old granddaughter, Molly, and her mom and dad.
