Mudville Crew

Chris Vitali

Founder / Editor-In-Chief

Founder / Editor In Chief of BallNine. AKA Willie Randolph Hearst. Fan of monkeys and squirrels. Always on the hunt for the world’s best BBQ.

Rocco Constantino

Co-Founder / Journalist

A baseball writer who lives in the dusty corners of Baseball Reference. He is a College Athletics Director and has authored his second book, “Beyond Baseball’s Color Barrier” which is out now.

Kevin Kernan

HOF Senior Journalist

Kevin Kernan is in his 45th year writing about sports and people. The previous 23 years he worked for the NY Post. He spent 10 years in San Diego working for the Union-Tribune and co-hosting Sports Talk on KFMB radio.

Leroy

Muse

Hates squirrels and most people. Enjoys licking himself and barking at NHL games on TV.

Kevin Czerwinski

Journalist

Former MLB.com, Former Mets beat writer. Former MiLB.com historian. Current author of the Bobblist blog & Ballnine's Can O'Corn

Jon Caroulis

Journalist

Covers baseball's ``unusual`` events under the pen name Myster Eephus.

Mike Port

Contributor

40 years in Pro Ball as player, MiLB GM, Red Sox Assistant GM, Angels' GM, Founding President of the Arizona Fall League, and MLB's VP of Umpiring, to name just a few.

John Rossi

Contributor

Professor Emeritus of History at La Salle University in Philadelphia. His most recent baseball book is: Baseball and American Culture: A History, Rowan & Littlefield, 2018

Deb Seymour

Contributor / Assoc. Editor

Sports addict who's lived on both coasts (though loyal to her hometown New York City teams). Writer of many articles on education. Blogger at Big Apple Bite Sports blog. Speaker of little bits of many languages.

Mike Nelson

Contributor

Mike Nelson is a Director of Sales by day but at night is a boomer baseball ranter who assumes the persona of Joe Blow from Mudville. His biggest baseball claim to fame was hitting for a double cycle in a sandlot game. Dick Allen was mean to him when he was 12 years old

Mike Lindsley

Contributor

Host of ML Sports Platter Podcast. Also operates PinstripePassion.com. Has interviewed everyone from Derek Jeter to Bob Costas.

Sal Marinello

Contributor

Performance and Sport Coach for over 30 years. Written for the NY Post. Contributor to Steve Czaban's Radio Show & has been seen on ESPN.

Aris Sakellaridis

Contributor

A native New Yorker and an independent writer who gives it to you in a brutally honest form.

Will Desvallees

Contributor

Graduate of Wake Forest University with a Bachelor in History. He loves baseball cards as much as he loves the sport, and loves writing stories about cardboard.

Colin Cerniglia

Contributor

Founder and CEO of the Talent 409 Leadership Academy. Creator and host of the Dynamic Leaders Podcast.

Derek Hogue

Contributor

Owner and operator of the T206 Society, and owner and contributor of the book ``The T206 Collection - The Players & Their Stories.``

Josh Hejka

Contributor

A submarine pitcher in the New York Mets organization, Josh prides himself on not letting guys cross the plate. Will argue with you all day in defense of analytics and advanced stats.