Bio

Joined CSN: 2000
School: James Buchanan Elementary

Background: John Finger is closer to 40 than 30 and vividly remembers every Philadelphia baseball playoffs since 1976. He writes exclusively about the Philadelphia Phillies and baseball and is somewhat aware that the city features other professional teams in various leagues. Away from work John writes fiction as well as about pop culture. He also enjoys marathon running, punk rock, books and movies as well as debunking myths and goofing off.

John attended J.P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster, Pa., and a very large university in Philadelphia. He lives in Lancaster and dotes on his wife Ellen and their two sons, Michael and Theodore.

Favorite movie: The Big Lebowski
Favorite writers: Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Bob Ford
Favorite all-time Philly athlete: Andrew Toney

Blog: Finger Food
Twitter:@jrfinger
Facebook: jrfinger
E-mail: jfinger@comcastsportsnet.com