Jerome Holtzman (July 12, 1926 - 2008) - One of the most influential and beloved sports writers of all time, Holtzman's name was synonymous with baseball. His most impressive stats include, election to the writer’s wing of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, nearly 60 years combined reporting for the Chicago Daily News, Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, serving as Major League Baseball’s first official historian, a byline in more than 1,000 consecutive issues of The Sporting News, authoring the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on baseball, creating the save statistic for pitchers, and writing nine books on baseball, including No Cheering in the Press Box, ‘one the best 100 sports books ever written’ by Sports Illustrated. Additional honors include: serving as national president of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA), and being named Chicago Press Veteran of the Year.