The Essays and poetry of Sam Person

New - - Sam Person No one does baseball history better
Baseball Returns to Brooklyn, New York

"Open the gates ya bums, my san-riches is spoilin'", cried the fans at Ebbets Field.

Sam Person They are Human, Too!
Physicians I Have Known

Sam Person Baseball, Then and Now
The debate with Martia and Koss continues.

Sam Person Golf - A Good Walk Spoiled
What happens on the tour now?

Sam Person trades his baseball cap for a bit of a political romp -
The Rev Jesse Jackson and the Rev Al Sharpton

"Sam Responds" to Dominic Martia and his "Big League Baseball Strikes Out"

"Have Fun In Retirement" Good advice from Sam Person as he takes off his sports-writers cap for a while

"Creating a Financial Panic" Feel free to run this one in your publication - no charge
just Email Sam Person

"George Mikan & His Era" An Earlier Era of Basketball

"Encounter With a Police Vehicle" Sam's meeting with 'the law'!

"Ode to Tax Cuts" - Sam, if you're planning another Boston Tea Party, invite me! Feb 19-01

"Protests.com" A high finance dot-com business inception.

"Not On My Body" Robots doing the surgery?

"The Fat Lady Has Sung" The game is over when it's over, and it's over!

"Never Bet Against the Yankees" A lesson taught forty years ago is not forgotten.

"Election Reflections" It's not quite over, but still time to reflect upon the system.

Election Night 2000 - - - - - "Election Year Follies" - - - - - "Subway Series Come to Bonita Springs, Florida" "Strange Endings to Baseball Careers" - - - - "My Brother's Baseball Cards" - - - - "Oh Those Yankees".
A Subway World Series? - - - - - "It's Only in the Decimal Places" - - - - - Talking About Sports Talk - - - - - The Wedding Dress - - - - - The Foul Call - - - - - Gambling Scenes - - - - Here and There - - - - Just Another National Election Year - - - - DiMaggio for Williams - - - - Reading the Sports Pages First - - - - Chance Meeting on a Bus - - - - The Cell Phone Is Ringing - - - - A Most Unusual Easter - - - - The Con Goes On
"Hero For A Night" - - - - After Forty-Eight Years - - - - Baseball - American and Unique - - - - Golf For Beginners - - - - Ode to the Y2K Hoax - - - - Longevity - - - - Nice Guys Don't Finish Last - - - - The Pre-Closing Visit - - - - Welcome to New York - - - - Kill The Umpires - - - - Utilizing Volunteers - - - - Bridge - Bridge Clubs - Internet Bridge - - - - The Pitching Change

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About Sam Person

Sam Person says of himself; "I am a “snowbird,” and live seven months in Bonita Springs, Florida, which I consider my permanent residence, and five months in Bayside, New York, a suburb of New York City. I am a New Yorker by birth and inclination.

By training, I am a Certified Public Accountant. I have been fortunate enough in that my professional career utilized that training and yet provided diversity. I have been a practicing CPA, a municipal government official, a University professor and dean, and spent 30 years in the business of helping candidates prepare for the CPA examinations.

I am 68 years old and retired. I enjoy walking, reading history and biography, and a good cigar with brandy. My interests also include serious rooting for the New York Yankees and the University of Connecticut basketball team.

I have been involved in many volunteer efforts over the years, including fourteen years service on the board of a hospital, including a term as chairman. I still actively pursue associations with volunteer organizations.

Writing has always interested me, and the dreams of my youth would have led me to a career as a sports writer, which for various reasons (but with no regrets) did not happen. Thus, I am devoting retirement time to writing for my own pleasure, and hopefully for publication, although financial reward is not a goal. In this connection, I am a regular contributor of letters to the editorial pages of the Naples (Florida) Daily News, and provide one such missive every two weeks, limited to 250 words. In addition, I write a monthly “guest commentary” on local issues for the Bonita (Bonita Springs, Florida) Banner. These commentaries run from 500 to 1500 words. Over the past several months I have been writing essays on various topics which interest me, which is was what led me to find 'The Inditer.'"

As for a personal philosophy, Sam Person says,
“Every individual should become all that he or she is capable of being, and never lose sight of the need to devote some time to helping others.”