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John Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a sports historian, author, publisher, and cultural commentator. Since March 1, 2011, he has been the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball.〔〔〔 ==Personal profile== Thorn was born in Stuttgart, West Germany,〔 where his Polish Jewish parents had come as refugees.〔 Less than two years after Thorn was born, his family immigrated to the United States, and settled in the Bronx, New York. “I fell in love with () cards before I loved the game, when I discovered that baseball was something that all the kids on my street corner cared about," Thorn said in a 2013 profile. "I was an immigrant kid and was looking for a way into America. With my background I saw myself as an underdog, and so Brooklyn had to be my team. I began watching the game seriously when I was eight, in 1955, on my Admiral television, but I had already begun to follow their exploits in the daily newspapers my father brought home with him each night.”〔Kahrl, Christina, (Henry Chadwick Award: John Thorn ), Society of American Baseball Research's ''Baseball Research Journal'', Fall 2013〕 As a teen he played baseball and basketball. However, at age 19 he suffered a stroke. "It was severe," he said, "knocking out my left-side function for months as well as patches of personal memory—though not the powerful visual memory I retain for images and facts and statistics." The stroke left him with a limp and precluded his further participation in athletic activities.〔(Jaffe, Chris, "Interview: John Thorn," ) ''The Hardball Times'', December 4, 2007〕 Thorn graduated from Beloit College in 1968.〔〔 He is married to Erica Freudenberger, director of the Red Hook, New York, Public Library. He and his wife live in Catskill, New York,〔Post, Paul, ("John Thorn: An Interview with Major League Baseball Historian, Hudson Valley (Catskill, NY) Resident, and Author of Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame" ), ''Hudson Valley Magazine'', October 2011〕 where they moved in 2010. He claims to have been drawn to the town because of its "slow pace," which suits him because, Thorn asserts, "I pride myself on being the world’s most boring man."〔Post, ''ibid''.〕 Thorn has three sons from two previous marriages. 〔Jaffe, ''ibid''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Thorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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