Interview with Rob Sheinkopf , Author of Baseball Imposters

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Baseball Imposters?

As I explain in Chapter One, I discovered that one of the former major league baseball players I had interviewed for my master’s thesis in 1985 lied about having played major league baseball. It got me started on a 40-year research journey to expose him and the many other impostors I learned about along the way.

If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of Baseball Imposters, what would they be?

Van Lingo Mungo (Dave Frishberg)

What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre to write?

I like reading non-fiction, history, biography, memoir, and anything baseball.

What books are on your TBR pile right now?

I’m reading Dan Good’s “Playing Through the Pain, Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession that Changed Baseball Forever”, and Gene Greenberg’s “NO MATTER HOW FAR”, based on a true story of a Holocaust Survivor’s search for his wife after WW2. Both are highly recommended.

What scene in your book was your favorite to write?

The story about the chiropractor lying about having played for the Yankees, Chapter 5. It is absolutely true, and it gets my blood boiling every time I read it to groups, and people seem to enjoy it.

Do you have any quirky writing habits? (lucky mugs, cats on laps, etc.)

No, nothing like that. But I’m an old man who needs his naps, so I try to stay awake long enough to finish a story.

Do you have a motto, quote, or philosophy you live by?

No, I don’t think about things that deeply. I’m a pretty shallow person. Just ask my wife.

If you could choose one thing for readers to remember after reading your book, what would it be?

Only that it was a good book, so maybe go back and buy my other one (“Hey Mom, Wanna Have a Catch?”) because you’ll like that one too.

Rob Sheinkopf is the author of the new book Baseball Imposters

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