In addition to a long writing career for the San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner, Einstein also wrote for the TV series "Lou Grant." Einstein also edited the four volume Fireside Book of Baseball.
He was the son of comedian Harry Einstein, aka "Parkyakarkus", and was the half-brother of Albert Brooks, Dave Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne), and Clifford Einstein, who is chairman of the board of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.
One book you didn't mention that Einstein wrote is this one:
http://tinyurl.com/3bkzme
which many people have on their shortlist of greatest baseball books ever.
http://tinyurl.com/3bkzme
which many people have on their shortlist of greatest baseball books ever.
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