Michael Zagaris broke into the scene shooting rock and roll and fashion. He now concentrates on professional sports and photojournalism. He is currently the team photographer for the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco 49ers.

Jason Turbow is the author of The Baseball Codes (Random House, March 2010), and has written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and SportsIllustrated.com, among many others.

Dan Fost is author of the baseball book, Giants Past and Present. A former staffer for the San Francisco Chronicle, his freelance credits include The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco magazine.

Dan Epstein is the author of Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ’70s (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s). He lives in Los Angeles and does his best writing in his bathrobe.

Howard Bryant is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine. He also serves as sports correspondent for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. His newest book is The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron.

Alan Black is author of Kick the Balls and co-author, with David Henry Sterry, of The Glorious World Cup.

David Henry Sterry is author of 12 books and has worked as a limo driver, chicken fryer, teenage rent boy, Disney screenwriter, soda jerk, emcee at Chippendales, building inspector, sitcom actor, marriage counselor, and book doctor.