About the Author

JOE BATTAGLIA is the founder and president of Renaissance Communications, a media company specializing in the production and syndication of radio programming, media consulting, and creative promotions. Joe lives in New Jersey, and can be found hanging around street corners with old friends singing doo-wop songs. JOE PELLEGRINO is the President and founder of Legacy Minded Men, a ministry whose mission is to raise up Godly men. He is also the Publisher of Life & Leisure, LLC, a bi-weekly local publication circulating to 50,000 homes in northern New Jersey and the President of Not Just an Average Joe, LLC, a unique marketing company. Joe and his wife Bethanne have three children and reside in northern New Jersey.

Reviews

That's My Dad! is an insightful look at the important part fathers play in the lives of their children as told from the perspective of many leading figures from the world of sports, broadcasting, and ministry. It is a book meant to be shared with those important father figures in your life! - DELILAH, National radio host

From my early days in professional baseball to working with college kids afterward, one thing was always obvious: the caliber of any individual is shaped tremendously by the presence or absence of a father in that young person's life. In That's My Dad! my friends Joe Pellegrino and Joe Battaglia illustrate how vital that father figures are and how the ultimate Father, God, can help fill a void left by absentee fathers. It's a book well worth reading. - BOBBY RICHARDSON, Former New York Yankees star second baseman

I am honored to tell the story of my dad in the must-read book That's My Dad! It is an amazing peek inside the lives of people you may have heard of before, who share in such a personal way details about their dads--the good and the bad. Participating in the book made me realize once again how blessed I have been to have a father who was ever present in my life--a father who always guided me by living the life lessons he preached, with faith and family as his foundation. - GRETCHEN CARLSON, Award-winning journalist and host of Fox News Channel's The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson

There is no clearer view into the heart of a father than through the eyes of his children. That's My Dad! gives us an extraordinary gift of heartwarming stories from national world changers about their dads. Serving as a fathering guidebook to those who want practical wisdom about how to turn their heart goals into action, this book is one of the most powerful fathering books I've ever read. It doesn't just tell; it shows how to be an invested parent. If every dad in America took to heart the lessons taught by these mentor dads, it would positively change the landscape of our entire country. - DR. MICHELLE WATSON, Author of Dad, Here's What I Really Need from You: A Guide for Connecting with Your Daughter's Heart

This book is not only entertaining, it is also beautiful, honest, and tremendously important. That is because fatherhood the most tragically underestimated and misunderstood issue in our culture today. Please be a part of changing that by reading this book and sharing it with your friends. - ERIC METAXAS, New York Times best-selling author of Seven Men: And the Secret of their Greatness and host of the nationally syndicated Eric Metaxas Show.

Why read this book if you're like me and you never had a father you could look to as a model of faith and love and blessing? Because, like you, I want to be the kind of father this book talks about and models in the life stories described here! Even if you come from a broken family or background like me, you can find real examples of godly, imperfect, but totally committed fathers pictured here that you can follow. And one day you'll hear those awesome words, spoken with love from your children, "That's my dad!" - JOHN TRENT, PHD, President of StrongFamilies.com and author of The Blessing and Life Mapping

In this day and age when one of the world's greatest, most vital institutions--that of fatherhood--is under attack, Joe Pellegrino and Joe Battaglia have done us a huge favor. By capturing such varied accounts of fatherhood experiences, they have touched on the topic in nearly every way imaginable, and in so doing, show us the importance and necessity of dads.- CHRIS BROUSSARD, Internationally known NBA analyst for the ABC and ESPN television networks as well as an award-winning journalist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com