A freelance magazine writer whose articles have appeared in the Chicago Sun Times, Baseball Digest, the Burlington Free Press, History Magazine and Ambassador Magazine, among others, DOUGLAS J. GLADSTONE is also the critically acclaimed author of A Bitter Cup of Coffee; How MLB and the Players Association Threw 874 Retirees a Curve (Word Association Publishers, 2010) and Carving a Niche for Himself; The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco and Mount Rushmore (Bordighera Press, 2014).