Joe Konte is a longtime newspaper reporter and editor. He began his career as a reporter at the Daly City Record covering cities, courts and crime. He worked at the Davis Enterprise as a reporter and as an editor. He has been a copy editor, sports editor and city editor at the Marin Independent Journal, where he is currently news editor. He is a San Francisco native and lives in Marin County.

Konte went to his first Giants-Dodgers game in 1958, and still has the program and scorecard from the game. While his roots are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Konte wrote the book to pay tribute to the great rivalry, telling the story right down the middle.

Books by Joe Konte

The Rivalry Heard 'Round the World: The Dodgers-Giants Feud from Coast to Coast

by Joe Konte - History, Nonfiction, Sports

Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. A longtime newspaper editor and baseball fiend, Joe Konte understands what is so special about what is one of the most significant rivalries in American sports. And so --- via statistical analysis, game summaries, roster scrutiny, manager matchups, season recaps, and more --- he has put together a rivalry bible.