About Zak
Zak Ford is a workforce development professional and former chapter leader with the Society for American Baseball Research.
Ford prefers human-interest baseball stories over current trends focused on statistical analysis and academic style research. His first book, Called Up: Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers, is a collection of 109 first-person player stories about major league call-ups and debuts. Ford's second book, Beyond the Last Inning: Life and Careers After Playing Professional Baseball, is a collection of 49 first-person player stories that detail post-playing career transitions.
He is a lifelong Giants fan. While he enjoys spending time at any ballpark, he loves exploring National Parks nearly as much.
Ford lives in Cameron Park, California, with his wife, two children, dog (Hercules after The Sandlot), and cat (Buster after Buster Posey).