Bill Ballew

Bill Ballew is a freelance baseball writer and editor and the author of eight books. A 1983 graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady School of Journalism, he has served as a part-time media relations consultant for the Asheville Tourists since 2002. He writes for numerous periodicals, including team-issued publications of the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals, and serves as a freelance baseball book editor for McFarland & Company. His books include Brave Dreams, The Pastime In The Seventies, Rounding The Bases, Baseball In Asheville and A History of Professional Baseball in Asheville. He resides in Asheville, North Carolina, with his family and is the head coach of a 12-and-under baseball team.