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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.

Valmeyer, And The Wizards

August 11th, 2016

The headline to today’s blog might make a smidgen of sense to you, but only if you’ve been a longtime reader of my various blogs, including this one back when it was called “Bob On Baseball.” It’s not about fairy tales or Harry Potter stuff. It’s about a special place, a very special tournament, and one of the best groups of guys I ever played baseball with. The Valmeyer Tournament, and the Sauget Wizards.

TPGF Fellow: Ngozi Monu

August 8th, 2016

The following story was submitted by Ngozi Monu, a 2016 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation®. Name: Ngozi Monu School: University of Washington Job or Internship: Inside Sales Representative, Portland Trail Blazers How did working with The Perfect Game Foundation® help you? From the moment I met Del, he has been a tremendous influence in my life. During […]

Sweet Spot Sonoma

August 4th, 2016

Sometimes, you just need to get away. I’ve enjoyed these seven months of writing “Bats, Balls, & Burnouts” more than I ever dreamt I would, but I knew I needed to recharge and get away from it for a bit. Take how much I needed a weekend getaway and multiply it by 100 and that’s how much Barbara needed it. Her job has always been stressful and challenging, and she only has one speed when it comes to work. She can’t idle through it. Basically, her work mode is simply an On-Off switch, and “On” setting is 100 percent.

Of Jackets, Books, Sonoma, and Billikens…

July 28th, 2016

It’s Thursday. That’s Blog Day. This is the blog. Everything is in balance. Well, not everything. My office in the lower level of our house isn’t exactly perfect, in a Feng Shui sort of way. I do have a new giant frame of jackets that needs to go on the wall, but it’s really heavy and very bulky and it will take some effort to get it hung, so for now it leans against the wall. And, I’m actually a little behind in the writing process this week. We are finally into the Worsham years with Chapter 26, and the flood of memories is hard to stem. I keep going back and adding stuff to what I’ve already written because “Well, that has to be in there” or “I can’t believe I forgot to write about that.” For instance, in this chapter I not only meet Barbara, my wife to be, but she also gets to know my wonderful cat Shasta, who moved in with her before I did.

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