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That’s not me. I have reason to use my middle
initial whenever I write something. You would not think “Craig Wright” would
be a common name, but we have: Craig Wright, a respected
economist in Canada. Craig Wright, who until
1996 was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. Craig Wright, a World Cup
cricketer for Scotland. But the really confusing
part is that no less than five different “Craig Wrights” from my generations
have written books, and as I have written a couple of them, I sometimes get
confused with the others. I am not the Craig Wright
who writes children books. I am not the Craig Wright
who wrote a book on symbols in architecture even though we were both living
in California when he wrote it. I am not the Craig Wright
who has written numerous books about music. The one I really get
mistaken for is the Craig Wright who is a prolific playwright and also writes
for television. The reason for the confusion is that he is apparently a bit
of a baseball fan and wrote a short comedy with a baseball theme titled “Foul
Territory.” It seemed such an amazing coincidence to one person I met at the
Winter Meetings that they refused to believe that I have never written a
play.
On the darker side – and
the real reason I did this “That’s not me” page – is that back in the late
1990s there was someone going around pretending to be me. I first learned about him
back around 1997 when I got a call from Rosie Gutierrez, the executive
secretary for Dodgers GM In warning other people
about this, I also found out that STATS Inc had recently gotten a call from
someone pretending to be me and trying to get some data sent to them. There were couple other
small oddities, but nothing as brazen, and I had pretty much forgotten about
him when a year or so later it was brought to my attention that someone
pretending to me had been in some baseball chat groups behaving like an ass.
A guy who dealt with him told me how he would “… insult other posters, lord
his knowledge over them, and call them stupid or question the quality of
their education … and I think his parting shot had to do with the group and
their collective IQs.” To anyone who bumped
heads with him, I’m sorry he abused you, and I assure you that was not me. It
appears he’s long ago given up this game, but if you come across something
suspicious, you can reach me through the Contact Us page to check it out. |
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