Bill Plaschke covered the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times for nearly a decade. He is an award-winning sports columnist, whose work has twice been included in The Best American Sports Writing, and makes frequent appearances as a commentator on ESPN. He is the author of three books, most recently Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls, and Oddballs.

Glenn Stout, author with Richard A. Johnson of The Dodgers, has also written, with Johnson, the acclaimed Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball and Red Sox Century: 100 Years of Red Sox Baseball as well as biographies of Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, and Ted Williams. The series editor of The Best American Sports Writing, Stout is a widely recognized baseball historian and has appeared on NPR, ESPN, HBO, the History Channel, and numerous local radio and television programs.