 At the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in mathematics, Schwarz began covering sports for the student newspaper, "The Daily Pennsylvanian".After graduating in 1990, Schwarz decided to pursue a career in journalism rather than follow his original plan of becoming a high school math teacher.Schwarz spent five months at "The National Sports Daily" before being hired in 1991 by "Baseball America", where he was the senior writer until he joined the "Times" in March 2007.