What is being said about the book:

"I have to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. And thank you so much for the dedication to Roy. Including him in the book is a true blessing to my family and especially to Roy's grandchild to come. While we can tell the tales, your accounting of him as a man, his life, his personality, makes him real again. While we will never forget him, it is wonderful to know others remember him the same way. There are times I think of him and think was he really here? Did we really have all those many years together? I know we did, but it almost seems a dream now. Your book is the concrete evidence of a life we had. And I thank you so much for that. It is still hard, there isn't a day I don't think of Roy and a tear rolls. Time does not relieve the grief, but people do. Friends like you."

Chris Yocum:  Widow of Roy Yocum, who is prominent in the book and to whom the book is dedicated (in memorium)

"Read about you and your great book in the St. Louis Jewish Light back in March. It has taken me this long to write to you. I could really relate. While I don't play baseball, I coach it and have been coaching for 12 years now.
There is nothing like putting on the uniform, hearing the crack of the bat, smelling the leather, throwing the ball around, kicking up some dirt. It keeps me Forever Young and the fact that I have coached and watched my son excel in the sport, well, it just does not get any better than that. I will have lifelong memories of the times I first took my son in the front yard and taught him to throw, catch, and swing a bat. And now he is one of the better shortstops in St. Louis.
It takes me back to when my dad used to play catch with me and came to my games to watch. My dad died when I was 14 So, I cherish any memory of him. One of my most fondest memories and I still get teary eyed over it is when I was maybe 10 years old, I had a game winning hit and he came running over to me at first base, picked me up, and said he was going to buy me the best glove ever. I still have my first glove he bought me. I have it in a trophy case. It's a Rawlings Stan Musial Trap-Eze model. It is one of my most cherished possessions.
Anyway, just thought I would convey my own thoughts about the game and what it has meant to me. The book was fabulous and I made my son read it too."

Scott Schwartz:  Baseball Coach and Proud Father (Chesterfield, Missouri)


"Indeed, Never Too Old to Play the Game evokes childhood memories in any reader, especially those who can remember going to Cards or Browns games with your Dad, joining in the singing of the national anthem, tasting the soda and ballpark hot dogs, and watching players like Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, or Ozzie Smith generate summer magic.  The book evokes the memorable scene in the movie Field of Dreams, in which a re-born young Dad greets his son who asks him to 'play catch.'"

Robert Cohn:  Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, St. Louis Jewish Light
(Click here to see the entire Jewish Light Book Review)


"...a valuable—and practical—contribution to the game’s literature."

"Sometime during our teen years, most of us face the reality that we aren’t headed for the major leagues and pack away our baseball gloves (and our dreams). We retreat to the stands, figuring, “That’s the end of playing hardball.” But wait! Alan Spector brings good news -- senior baseball can keep you playing, well, nearly forever. There is no excuse. Got an artificial hip? Parkinson’s disease? Ninety-four years old? Spector details the passion that keeps such players on the field. Along the way, he reflects on the purity of the essential game as opposed to MLB’s branded product, the science of groundskeeping, and an essential section on conditioning and treating injuries (ice is good)."

Jean Hastings Ardell:  Author, Breaking intoBaseball: Women and the National Pastime
  www.jeanardell.com


"This is a book about a love affair...between Al and baseball, a fond recollection and entertaining description of his life-long connection with the game. A baseball stream of consciousness as childhood memories and stories intertwine with Al's experiences in senior leagues. A perfect companion to the summer game we all love.

The book captures the essence of baseball in general and senior baseball specifically. It will take you to the joy of baseball in your youth and reveal that you never lost it. Al's respect for and love of the game shines through."

Greg Rhodes:  Executive Director, Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum and Author of six books about the Cincinnati Reds
 Find Reds Hall of Fame on www.reds.com


"...should make true baseball fans like ourselves reflect on the human side of baseball.

I met Al at a Cincinnati Reds fantasy camp where he showed his love of baseball far outshone his talent for playing. This book is a warm read of his love affair with the game."

Chris Welsh:  Former Major League Pitcher, Cincinnati Reds Color Analyst-Fox Sports Network, and Publisher, The Thinking Pitcher
    

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