GLENN STOUT is a freelance writer, author, and editorial consultant and has served as Series Editor of The Best American Sports Writing since its inception. He is the author of The Young Woman and the Sea and Fenway 1912, and has collaborated with Richard Johnson on Red Sox Century, Yankees Century, The Cubs and The Dodgers. Stout has lived in and around Boston for 20 years. Currently he lives in Vermont. JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times best-selling author of seven books, including Showtime: Magic , Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s ; Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton ; Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty ; and The Bad Guys Won . He lives with his wife, Catherine, and two children, Casey and Emmett, in California, and blogs regularly at www.jeffpearlman.com.