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Bob Wilber grew up aspiring to follow in his father’s baseball footsteps, and while he was able to secure a full college scholarship and later spend parts of six years in professional ball, as a player, coach, and scout, his mother’s writing, communications, and public relations skills were what eventually defined his career. After a successful and adventurous sports-marketing trek through the sports-apparel business, agency work, and professional indoor soccer, he saw his first drag race as he closed in on his 40th birthday. Little did he know that he’d go on to spend 20 consecutive years as a team manager and PR representative for Del Worsham and then Tim Wilkerson, two of the most popular Funny Car drivers on the NHRA tour. At the conclusion of the 2015 season, Bob ended his drag racing run in order to take on an important personal assignment. Over the course of 2016 he wrote his autobiography, entitled “Bats, Balls, & Burnouts.” It was released in late May, 2017 and is available on Amazon.com and other major online book retailers, in both printed and digital formats. For the last year, Bob has been writing a new book, in the “historical fiction” genre. It’s entitled “How Far?” and was published on January 22, 2022. It is available on Amazon.com. Bob’s website was launched on February 10, 2022. Visit Bob’s Site to learn more about his life and his books.

A Day Late and a Beach Short

December 30th, 2017

Yesterday, I posted a small notice informing Blog Nation that I had run out of time and run out of mental acuity to post my musings on Thursday Blog Day. So here we are on Friday Blog Day, which is kind of like “Monday Night Football – Thursday Night Edition” (that always cracks me up) and I’m still not back to full game shape. Going six time zones away to the east for a week (Scotland & England), then back to Central Time for a couple of weeks, and then four time zones west for 11 days, before landing back at home again, is a cumulative thing. Even Barbara Doyle felt it, and she’s a veteran international traveler who jumps and skips time zones multiple times a year. Pretty soon, you just have to sleep it off.

After Flight Delays… A Brief Blog Delay

December 28th, 2017

Aloha blog faithful. I’m making a point of getting this quick update posted today just to stay in touch and let you know there will be much more coming tomorrow, on Friday December 29. The Hawaii trip was beyond special, and I want to be sharp with my writing to bring it all back to life. After an overnight flight, during which I slept not one single wink, and an arrival at MSP at around 5:20 a.m. when the airport was stunningly busy, still well before dawn, we got home to two sleepy cats around 6:15, or so, this morning after traversing some snowy streets and temps around zero.

Happy Holidays!

December 28th, 2017

The Perfect Game Foundation® sends you all good wishes for this Holiday Season and shares with you some thoughtful insights from an Advisor and some of out Fellows. We thank you for you support. Best Wishes, The Perfect Game Foundation® ____________________________________________________________________ Betsy Nagelsen McCormack ADVISOR In her own words Christmas is my favorite time of […]

A Tale of Two Blogs

December 14th, 2017

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Thank you, Charles Dickens. The corollary is this: One week ago I had to fight and edit my way to a manageable blog size with an installment that was so full of fresh news and photos I had to leave a lot of it on the editing room floor. This week, not so much. All the really fun stuff starts tonight, Barbara was out in Spokane all week (I just picked her up at the airport), and about the most exciting thing that happened in my world was when Rainbow Tree Care came and trimmed a vast amount of branches and scrub growth out of the landscaping in our backyard. It now looks like I did as a kid, when my mom would let my hair grow out and then buzz it all off, other than the part where I never really did look like a Colorado Blue Spruce but my ears sure did look funny.