About the Author

Sportscaster George Takata, winner of an Associated Press Award for best newscast and an Emmy nominee, describes Fresno State's 2008 College World Series Championship as the most memorable and exciting sports event he ever witnessed in his long career, and it was while covering the College World Series that he first conceived of telling the Bulldog's story in a children's book. A Fresno State alumnus himself, Takata has been a sportscaster with KGPE Channel 47 since 1997. Illustrator Marci Thiessen is a Fresno State student majoring in communication and a lifelong baseball fan. Thiessen grew up watching the Bulldogs play at Beiden Field, and jumped at the opportunity to combine her loves of baseball and drawing.