Leonard Koppett

Leonard Koppett, who covered the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants for the "New York Herald Tribune," the "New York Post," and the "New York Times," is the author of numerous baseball books including "The Man in the Dugout "and "Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball. "Known as an intellectual sportswriter and guru to hundreds of writers, Koppett received the prestigious J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers of America in 1992, which placed him in the writer's wing of the Hall of Fame.

Leonard Koppett, who covered the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants for the "New York Herald Tribune," the "New York Post," and the "New York Times," is the author of numerous baseball books including "The Man in the Dugout "and "Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball. "Known as an intellectual sportswriter and guru to hundreds of writers, Koppett received the prestigious J. G. Taylor Spink Award from the Baseball Writers of America in 1992, which placed him in the writer's wing of the Hall of Fame. See less