![]() He has also authored five books, all must-reads for New York baseball fans. But pretty darn close.) /FV3yde8aV8- Bob Klapisch December 26, 2017 Moe Greene? (Actually Moss Klein from the Newark Star-Ledger. ![]() More importantly, Klapisch was connected and trusted enough in the Mets and Yankees clubhouses to secure hundreds of major scoops during his time with the New York Post, New York Daily News, Bergen (N.J.) Record and USA Today. For the record, Bonilla wasn’t offering Bob a tour. Klapisch had famously been man enough to stand up to Mets slugger Bobby Bonilla, refusing to back down after the Nuyorican threatened to show him the Bronx. ![]() He was also fearless, oozing with confidence, substance and countless key sources spread from the top to the bottom of the Yankees and Mets organizations and throughout the majors. He was more than a bright, talented wordsmith. ![]() By the time I met Klapisch in 1998, the former Columbia University pitcher was a giant among giants in the New York baseball writing fraternity. He got over that fear quickly to become one of the best New York baseball writers of his generation. Considering that he epitomizes the fearlessness of the New York baseball writing corps, it’s difficult to imagine that there was a time in the early 1980s when Roberto “Bob” Klapisch was nervous about asking fundamental questions to a manager. ![]()
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