Background
Klapisch was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia, New Jersey, where he attended Leonia High School.
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Bob Klapisch
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Columbia University.
Career
He has previously written for The New York Post, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, and New York Daily News, and has written five books about baseball. 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. In response to his book on the 1992 Mets, The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets (), New York Mets outfielder Bobby Bonilla confronted Klapisch in the team"s clubhouse, threatening him, and having to be restrained.
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 Mobile Marketing Association announcer Stephanie Stokes from 1995-1999.
Membership
He has been a voting member of the Baseball Writers Association of America since 1983.
