Rob Rains

Rob Rains
Rob Rains Throws Out First Pitch- Springfield Cardinals 2010
Nationality	American
Notable works	'The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?' 'James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball'
Notable awards	The Freedom Forum Grant
Website
robrains.com

Rob Rains is a former National League beat writer for USA Today's Baseball Weekly and for three years covered the St. Louis Cardinals for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat until its collapse in the 1980s.^[1] He was awarded the Freedom Forum Grant to teach Journalism for a year at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State. Rains has been writing books, magazine articles, and doing radio^[2] for the past 10 years.^[3] He is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Rains has written or co-written 29 books, most on baseball, including autobiographies or biographies of Mark McGwire, Ozzie Smith,^[4] Jack Buck, Red Schoendienst, and Dave Phillips. Rains is also the co-author of The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?^[5] which he wrote with former St. Louis Cardinal Andy Van Slyke. The Curse is a novel that describes a tragic plane crash that kills almost the entire Chicago Cubs roster, and the new players that soldier on to take the Cubs to their first World Series in decades.^[6] Rains is also the author of James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball, co-written with Naismith's granddaughter Hellen Carpenter.^[7]

Publications by date

• Intentional Walk: An Inside Look at the Faith That Drives the St. Louis Cardinals 2013 ISBN 978-0-8499-6458-9
• Tony La Russa: Man on a Mission 2011 ISBN 1-60078-557-3
• The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! or Do They? (With Andy Van Slyke) 2010 ISBN 0-9841130-5-3
• Albert Pujols: Simply The Best (with John Rooney) 2009 ISBN 1-60078-351-1
• James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball 2009 ISBN 1-4399-0133-3
• Where Have All the Cardinals Gone? Sports Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-58261-155-6
• Albert the Great: the Albert Pujols Story Sports Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-60078-351-1
• My One Big Break: Inspiring Stories of Successful Business and Professional Leaders With Jack Grimm and Clark Johnson. Spotlight Press. 2004. ISBN 1-58261-906-9
• Centerfield on Fire: An Umpire’s Tales of Spitballs, Pine Tar Bats and Corked Personalities (with Dave Phillips). Triumph Books. 2004 ISBN 1-57243-569-0
• Big Stix: The Greatest Hitters in the History of Baseball Sports Publishing, 2004 ISBN 1-58261-757-0
• Beyond X’s and O’s, My Thirty Years in the NFL (with Jim Hanifan). Sports Publishing Inc., 2003. ISBN 1-58261-670-1
• A Special Season. Sports Publishing 2003. ISBN 1-58261-657-4
• Whitey’s Boys Triumph Books, 2002. ISBN 1-57243-485-6
• Ozzie Smith, the Road to Cooperstown Sports Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1-58261-598-5
• Cardinal Nation The Sporting News, 2002. ISBN 0-89204-888-3
• Baseball Samurais, Ichiro Suzuki and the Japanese Invasion St. Martin’s Press, 2001. ISBN 0-312-98257-7
• The Mighty ‘Mox, the 75th Anniversary History of KMOX Radio (with Sally Rains). Diamond Communications, 2000. ISBN 1-888698-35-7
• Marshall Faulk, Rushing to Glory Sports Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-58261-191-2
• Find A Way, Valpo’s Sweet Season Diamond Communications, 1999. ISBN 1-888698-23-3
• Mark McGwire, Home Run Hero St. Martin’s Press, 1998. ISBN 0-312-97109-5
• Mac Attack Sports Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-58261-004-5
• Slugger Sports Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-58261-005-3
• Red: A Baseball Life (with Red Schoendienst). Sports Publishing, 1998. ISBN 1-57167-200-1
• Jack Buck, That’s A Winner Sports Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-58261-135-1
• Playing On His Team (with Sally Rains). CrossTraining Publishing, 1996. ISBN 978-1-887002-57-8
• The Cardinal Fans Little Book of Wit and Wisdom Diamond Communications, 1994. ISBN 1-888698-49-7
• The St. Louis Cardinals’ 100th Anniversary History St. Martin’s Press, 1992. ISBN 0-312-07089-6
• Top 150 Minor League Prospects The Sporting News, 1990. ISBN 0-89204-335-0
• Wizard (with Ozzie Smith). Contemporary Books, 1988. ISBN 0-8092-4594-9

References

1. "Rob Rains - Barnes & Noble". Barnesandnoble.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
2. "Rob Rains Interview". Thestlcardinals.com. 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
3. "Events Archive: 2009 « Missouri Literary Festival". Missouriliteraryfestival.org. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
4. Bodley, Hal (2002-07-25). "Ties That Bind Smith's Career". USA Today. USA Today, Gannet, Inc. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
5. "Cubs Win ... Cubs Win ... Or Do They?". Southcountytimes.com. 2010-09-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
6. Schwarz, Alan (10/03/2010). "30 SECONDS WITH ANDY VAN SLYKE; The Cubs' Curse, Writ Large". NY Times. Retrieved 16 September 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
7. "Interview with Rob Rains and Hellen Carpenter". Temple.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-19.