Author Bio



Dave has been a freelance sportswriter for over 35 years. His work has appeared in the Worcester, Mass., Telegram, the nationally-published Western & Eastern Treasures, and various local newspapers. He's written a monthly column for the online sports collector's ezine, The Oddball Insider, since its inception a decade ago. He's the author of the breakthrough knuckleball how-to book, The Knucklebook, and has been known to haunt the National Baseball Hall Of Fame and local meetings of SABR. He's owned a website devoted to the knuckleball for many years, www.knuckleballhq.com, and owns one devoted to his book, www.knucklebook.com.

He's been a coach of Little League and Babe Ruth teams his son has played for.

Past activities include Little League (as a player), mountain hiking, skydiving, and ice hockey.

Currently he's a pro photographer and webmaster for a metro-Boston auto dealership.

Born in Fitchburg, Mass., and brought up in Ashburnham, Mass., he lives in Barre, Mass., with his wife and daughter, and a son who comes home from college to do his laundry.