a position he held until his retirement in 2002. He is widely recognized within the newspaper industry as a market research expert. References Schwarz, Alan The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics, 2004 External links Article on Neft's retirement from Gannett 1937 births Living people Baseball writers American statisticians Journalists from New York City Columbia Business School alumni Sportswriters from New York (state) Mathematicians from New York (state)