Peter has published over two hundred articles in various magazines and journals. The majority of these have dealt with baseball, Judaica, and numismatics. Among the odd corners of history he has explored are the lives of Ivan Shishman, the Jewish tsar of Bulgaria, and Prince Iturbide, the last claimant to the throne of Mexico. On two occasions, Peter has been awarded national prizes in recognition of his writing. Peter is an avid collector of Jewish sport memorabilia. His collection includes many of the items illustrated in this book, as well as books from Moe Berg’s library, game used bats of a number of Jewish players, and the autographs of the great majority of the players written about in this volume.

Peter S. Horvitz was born and has lived much of his life in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds degrees from Temple and Drexel Universities. He has recently retired from his position with the Philadelphia School District after thirty years as an English teacher and Chairman of the English Department at Olney High School.
Peter has traveled widely in Europe, Israel, the United States, and Mexico. It was during a running of the famous horse race, the Palio, held every year in the Italian city of Sienna, that he met his wife, Michele. They have two children. The younger, Desiree, is a student at Brandeis University. The elder, Joachim, is the co-author of this book.