So much of life is a process. We work diligently to accomplish tasks, and once accomplish them, we set our minds to new tasks.
Ever forward. Never stopping. There is always a new challenge facing us – a new goal, something different that we need to achieve.
And achieve we must.
Continue reading “And So It Begins…”From Compton to the Bronx reached #1 on Amazon!!!
People ask me about retirement. What do you do now? Are you slowing down?
Slowing down?!
No way. I’m gearing up!
Continue reading “Slowing Down? No Way!”
I will be at the River Vale Library on Wednesday, March 29 at 6:00 p.m. to discuss my
award-winning Yankees book, The Least Among Them.
Please click on the link below for more information:
Writing and running.
Running and writing.
My mind is full of words and sayings that are helping to continue to push me ever forward…
My personality is such that I can’t help but set goals, push to reach them, and then dream of bigger and greatest things.
“They say I’m a dreamer, but I’m the only one…” (John Lennon)
“Good is the enemy of great.” (Jim Collins)
“Good enough, never is.” (Debbi Fields)
In just over fifteen weeks, I will be running the Pittsburgh Marathon (with my son Ryan).
Continue reading “Running and Writing”
From, Compton To The Bronx by Roy White, with Paul Semendinger, is getting outstanding reviews.
This book is now available for pre-order.
I love to read. My goal (a modest goal to some and an impossible goal for others) is to read 30 books each year. I figure that two books a month (and then a few more) is reasonable.
In 2022, I actually made it to 45 books, but, then again, well, a whole collection weren’t all that scholarly (as you’ll soon see).
Here, now, are the books I most enjoyed in 2022:
Continue reading “The Best Books I Read in 2022”
I am thrilled to share this excerpt from my collaboration with Roy White on his autobiography,
From Compton to the Bronx.
This book will be released in April 2023, but is now available for pre-order.
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Initial reviews for this book have been tremendously positive. Here is one:
“Roy White is as dignified a Yankee as there has ever been, one of the many reasons a generation of fans (myself included) grew up imitating his stance.
Paul Semendinger does a masterful job capturing the essence of the great left fielder. This is a must-read about the most underrated Yankee of all time.”
Ian O’Connor, Four-time New York Times bestselling author of “The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter”
Continue reading “Special Preview: From Compton to the Bronx”
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I was recently interviewed on the New Books Network Podcast to discuss The Least Among Them.
You can listen to this interview below.
From the site:
The Least Among Them: 29 Players, Their Brief Moments in the Big Leagues, and a Unique History of the New York Yankees (Artemesia, 2021) is a most special baseball book that looks at the New York Yankees history in an original, unique, and never before written manner. Throughout their history, the New York Yankees have been defined by the legends and the successes of their most famous players. But, as part of their long history, the Yankees have also fielded players that have become lost to history. This book is those players’ story, telling the unique histories of the men whose entire major league baseball career lasted but a single game with that game being played as a New York Yankee. While these players may be forgotten, their stories are compelling. Filled with a unique Yankee history, single game stats, and a love of baseball, The Least Among Them tells the story of baseball’s most successful franchise in an entirely new way.
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