Jim Baker has been a regular contributor to ESPN.com's Page 2., He is the coauthor of Change Up: An Oral History of 8 Key Events That Shaped Baseball and has contributed to such popular books as The Bill James Historical Abstract; Mind Game: How the Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created a New Blueprint for Winning, and Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. He resides in Austin, Texas with his daughters Victoria and Olivia, and has spent a lifetime rooting for the football Cardinals.