In an exclusive piece, best-selling author Robert Whiting reminisces about two men, Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, both of whom died in 2007, who had a profound impact on his distinguished career.

This is a tribute, long overdue, to Clete Boyer and David Halberstam, two class individuals who died last year.

The former was an All-Star baseball player, one of the greatest fielding third basemen of all time.