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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.

TPGF Fellow: Ian Obici

March 28th, 2015

The following story was submitted by Ian Obici, a 2015 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation®. Name: Ian Obici School: University of Alabama ’14 (B.A. Business Marketing) Job or Internship: Ticket Sales Representative, Washington Redskins How did working with The Perfect Game Foundation® help you? I began speaking with Del in early February when I […]

TPGF Fellow: Matt Schumacker

January 19th, 2015

The following story was submitted by Matt Schumacker, a 2014 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation®. Name: Matt Schumacker School: Butler University ’14 (B.A. Electronic Journalism) Job or Internship: Director of Media Relations/ Broadcasting Johnson City Cardinals How did TPGF help you? Del and I connected in late August via the St. Louis University High School […]

Q & A with Marci Doyle Baker

October 22nd, 2014

Meet Marci Doyle Baker, the Chief Operating Officer for The Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard at Bay Hill in Orlando and the newest TPGF Advisor. Marci is a Florida Gator who is on a fantastic career path with work in the sports/event marketing /media industry including stops at DWA,  Wunderman, Golf Channel and currently The Arnold Palmer […]

Q & A with Leo Kiely

June 21st, 2014

Q & A with Leo Kiely Today’s TPGF Interview is with Leo Kiely the newest member of The Perfect Game Foundation® Advisory Council. Leo has had a spectacular business career including stops at Procter & Gamble, Wilson Sporting Goods, Frito-Lay, and finally the first Non Family Member to ever run the Coors Brewing Company! He […]

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