Tales from the Mets Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told

Bruce Markusen worked in the education, research, and programming departments at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum from 1994 to 2004. In various capacities at the Hall, he wrote numerous articles for publication, narrated many video productions, and interviewed most of the current living Hall of Famers. A native of Bronxville, New York, Markusen has written four previous books on baseball and one book in the genre of young adult horror. His most recent baseball book, Ted Williams: A Biography, was published in the fall of 2004. Another new book, Haunted House of the Vampire, was also published in 2004. Markusen's first book, Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland A's, won the Seymour Award from the Society for American Baseball Research as the best baseball book of 1998. A newly revised and expanded edition of the book, entitled A Baseball Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's, was released in 2002. Markusen has also written Roberto Clemente: The Great One for Sports Publishing and The Orlando Cepeda Story. Markusen has served as a regular co-host on MLB.com Radio. He also writes a regular internet column, "Cooperstown Confidential." He and his wife, Sue, reside in Cooperstown, New York.Markusen, Bruce is the author of 'Tales from the Mets Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told' with ISBN 9781582619835 and ISBN 1582619832.