Bob Klapisch

Robert Salvador "Bob" Klapisch is a sportswriter for The Record and Fox Sports. He has previously written for The New York Post, ESPN, and New York Daily News, and has written five books about baseball.[1] He has been a voting member of the Baseball Writers Association of America since 1983.[2]

Klapisch was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia, New Jersey, where he attended Leonia High School. He was awarded a bachelor's degree, majoring in political science, from Columbia University, where he played varsity baseball and was sports editor of the university newspaper, the Columbia Daily Spectator.[1]

In response to his book on the 1992 Mets, The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets (ISBN 0-8032-7822-5), New York Mets outfielder Bobby Bonilla confronted Klapisch in the team's clubhouse, threatening him, and having to be restrained.[3][4] He is half-Brazilian and speaks Portuguese fluently.

In 2008, Klapisch suffered a serious eye injury while pitching in a semi-pro baseball game. He recovered following multiple surgeries.

Klapisch was married to professional stuntwoman and MMA announcer Stephanie Stokes from 1995-99. He married the former Kristine Kollar on March 3, 2003; they have two children and live in Westwood, New Jersey.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bob Klapisch, The Record (Bergen County). Accessed January 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ BBWAA - Badge List, The Biz of Baseball, posted December 10, 2007. Accessed January 3, 2007.
  3. ↑ Klapisch, Bob (2002-02-26). "1992 taught Mets a chemistry lesson".
  4. ↑ Fein, Esther B. (1993-05-17). "Bookseller's Art of the Headlines". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  5. ↑ Facebook Page, retrieved March 7, 2016
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