Curt Smith is the author of 16 books, including the classic Voices of The Game, Pull Up A Chair: The Vin Scully Story, and his most recent, George H.W. Bush: Character at the Core. A former Speechwriter to President George H.W. Bush 41, he is Gate House Media columnist, Associated Press “Best in New York State” radio commentator, and Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Rochester. Next spring his newest book, The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House, will be released.