Meet Our Authors

Tony was born and raised in Northeast Ohio and has lived here all 38+ years of his life. Growing up he had always been a Cleveland sports fan, but he grew up with a passion for baseball since he was 5-years old. Since the turn of the century that passion for baseball has permeated the minor league baseball scene where with the numerous affiliates and future players of the Indians to follow, minor league...

Jim Pete was born and bred in the great city of Cleveland, and has lived on and off in the Forest City his whole life. He is currently residing in Raleigh, NC, only 30 minutes away from the Carolina Mudcats. The Cleveland Indians just happen to be his sporting passion, coming in a not-so-close second to his wife, son and daughter, even though rooting for the Indians has been akin to walking on broken...

Steve Orbanek graduated from Duquesne University in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in print journalism. While at Duquesne, he spent two years as Sports Editor of the campus newspaper, The Duquesne Duke. Steve also recently earned his master's degree in Communications from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Steve's first book, General McLane Athletics: Stories From the First 50 Years was...

Jeff was born and raised in Akron until he fled to Columbus to get his degree from the Ohio StateUniversity. Jeff first started internet writing back then, mostly focusing on the NFL and specifically the NFL draft; for all he knows his old Tripod site might still exist out there some where. A little over two years ago Jeff found this site by cruising John Sickel’s site and reading the comments....

Jim Piascik is 21 years old and currently a student at Kent State University, where he is studying to be a History/Math teacher. He will be keeping score for Baseball Info Solutions at Akron Aeros games for the third year this summer, where he gets to fulfill one of his goals of getting paid to watch baseball games. When he isn't writing, studying or watching baseball games, Jim is either coaching...

Arthur is a lifelong Clevelander, Indians fan, and statistics nut. Arthur revels in the minutiae of sport that others may find dreary. Stats, transactions, attempting to decipher an everyday lineup amidst the Tribe organization's plethora of platoons; Arthur is ready and willing to dive headfirst into it. Besides numbers, Arthur also has an irrational obsession with the seemingly meaningless. Fall...

Charlie Adams grew up in Columbus, OH and has been a fan of the Indians dating back to before Jim Thome moved from third to first. As more and more statistics have been developed to evaluate players over the years, he has become increasingly interested in the idea of player valuation and front-office strategy. Though he is tired of looking forward to "next year" he is interested in the long-term success...

Jake Dungan is a proud Akron, Ohio native and lifelong Cleveland Indians fan. Currently enrolled in college, he hopes to become a professional baseball columnist and reporter.
In 2007 when the Indians defied the odds and came one game shy of their first American League pennant in ten years, Jake fell in love with the game of baseball and became a devout follower of the game. Being from Akron,...

Jim is a 21-year-old journalism student at Cleveland State University, hoping to become a sportswriter/reporter in the near future. Ever since he could remember, Jim always loved and followed Cleveland Indians baseball. Growing up, he would always surprise his family and friends knowing most of the players on the Tribe. It was not hard to figure out Jim was an Indians fan, as he would always wear his...

Kevin is a 24-year-old Cleveland native. Throughout the season, he covers both the Indians and Columbus Clippers for the IPI, and also maintains a corresponding Twitter account year-round (@KevinIPI).
He can be reached by email at kdean@indiansprospectinsider.com.

Mike’s love of the Cleveland Indians was imprinted upon him while living in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the 90’s. He would later move to Chesapeake, Virginia and currently resides in Newport News, Virginia. From afar, Mike continues his enormous passion for Cleveland area sports with little regard for the trials that come with such an endeavor. Mike has earned a bachelor’s and master’s...

Michael Hattery was born and raised in upstate New York. A fan always out of place, who fell in love with Indians baseball listening to his father’s stories about Jimmy Piersall and by listening to Tom Hamilton entertain me through the lethargic teams at the beginning of the decade. Currently a student at Clarkson University he fell in love with minor league baseball at a young age as all who...

Hailing from Mansfield, Ohio, Stephanie Metzger is an undergrad at Cleveland State University double-majoring in Journalism and Public Relations. She has interned with ESPN Cleveland-WKNR and is a contributing writer for various local sports sites.
As a lifetime Ohioan, Stephanie has developed a concrete devotion to her state’s sports teams, regardless of their less-than-successful reputations....

Andrew was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and currently resides in Struthers, Ohio. He is a secondary education major at Youngstown State University with a minor in political science. Andrew has been a life-long Cleveland Indians fan, growing up watching the double play duo of Omar Vizquel and Roberto Alomar. He considers Vizquel his second favorite player of all-time, next to Bob Feller.
In his...

DJ Sebastian works in software technology sales, and his passion is following the exploits of the Cleveland Indians, whether at the stadium, on TV, or on his smartphone. DJ has been a loyal Tribe fan since his dad took him to his first game at Municipal Stadium in 1959. His favorite player quickly became Rocky Colavito. Not surprisingly, Colavito was traded to the Detroit Tigers the following year....

A die hard Cleveland sports fan, Ethan was born and raised in New Philadelphia, Ohio. He currently attends The Ohio State University, majoring in journalism with a minor in media production and analysis. As a sports reporter for the student newspaper The Lantern, he has covered the OSU football, baseball and wrestling teams.
A southpaw himself, Ethan’s all-time favorite player is Kenny...

Nathan was born in Mansfield, Ohio but moved to Akron in 2008 to attend The University of Akron where he studies English. Growing up, he was always a baseball fan and even asked his dad to build a full-sized, chain link backstop in the backyard (it never happened).
Nathan has served as copy chief and news editor for The Buchtelite, the independent newspaper of The University of Akron. Additionally,...

It all started on June 20th, 1971 when Rick's dad took him to his first Indians game. It was Father's Day, Bat Day, and a double-header against the Tigers and his 7th birthday. There were 50K+ fans at Cleveland Stadium that day and between games they asked everyone to lift their bats to count them (he never saw that many fans there for an Indians game after that). That's when his love affair with baseball...

Tyler Stotsky was born in Mayfield, Ohio and is a lifetime Lake County resident. Tyler is a undergrad pursuing a Sports Management major at Lake Erie College. Being a Lake County resident and Willoughby South High graduate, he has grown up as a fan of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers and the Lake County Captains. Being very young to remember the great players of the 90's, Tyler's favorite...

Will was born in Youngstown and attended his first Tribe game at the age of 6. He went to college in California and never came home. But his Cleveland ties were never broken. Now living near San Diego he is still part of a group that owns Indians, Browns and Cavs season tickets. He owns and operates an Allstate Insurance agency. However the former MLB scout and MiLB team owner is passionate about baseball...

Andy Nichols is a 22-year-old Communications student at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and a lifelong Indians fan. He has a passion for Indians baseball, from the Major League squad, all the way down to the low levels of the Minors. Growing up in the 90s, Andy remembers watching the glory days of the Indians. Some of his favorite players were David Justice and Charles Nagy, but his all-time favorite...