About Randy Stern

Born in the flatlands of the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, Randy always wanted to explore his writing and to help improve the lives of others at the same time. Since 1992, Randy has been able to that in small portions.

At the turn of the 21st century, Randy made inroads with his writing through two online magazines, becoming the Managing Editor of a Chicago-based online magazine. He also had several columns online throughout the early part of the 2000's, including baseball-related materail. In 2005, he published an anthology of his poetry through a Minnesota small press, Autumnbridge Media, titled The Boy From Reseda.

The Heirloom was born from a series of baseball-related posts on Randy Stern's blog, The Journey. It relates to a post on MLB.com's "Fan Perspectives" in 2003 that honored his mother as the one who introduced the game of baseball to her sons. The game is an heirloom passed down to its next generation to revere and enjoy for a lifetime. Some of the posts on this blog were previously posted and re-submitted with updated content. These will be reflections of past experiences with the game. Others will be brand new material posted exclusively on this blog.

Randy lives in Robbinsdale, a suburb of Minneapolis, and currently attends graduate school at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota in the Arts and Cultural Management program.