by Paul Semendinger December 29, 2021 *** How do you top being on top of the world? I don’t know, but I intend to try to find out. *** One year ago, for Christmas, my sons gave me a net to pitch into and some weighted balls to throw as tools to help me prepare for what was going to be my third season as a pitcher in a wood bat adult baseball league. I was determined, after three mediocre seasons as a pitcher, to get better at that task. I didn’t know if I could, but I was det

by Paul Semendinger August 16, 2021 *** How often have I dreamed of playing baseball professionally? I don’t know… it probably hasn’t been every day of my life, but it’s been most days and probably multiple times on most days. Oh, who am I kidding. It’s ALL I think about! As of the writing of this post, I have been alive about 19,400 days. That’s a lot of dreaming. *** Before August 11, 2021, I had never played baseball on a field other than a recreation or high school field