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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: Brenton A Nickerson

February 3rd, 2013

The following story was submitted by Brenton A Nickerson, a 2013 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation®. Name: Brenton A Nickerson School: University of Central Florida DeVos Sports Business Management Program Job or Internship: Merchandise and Operations Coordinator How did working with The Perfect Game Foundation® help you? Working with The Perfect Game Foundation® helped […]

Q & A with Hank Torbert

January 29th, 2013

Q: Over your career you have done some very interesting things – could you walk us through your career to date? I have spent the last 15 years in the private equity, operational management,business development and corporate finance world after starting my career as an intern at the FifthThird Bank at fourteen.  After college, I […]

In Memory of Stan…

January 23rd, 2013

Rest in peace, Stan Musial. Simple words, and ones we get the unfortunate chance to use more and more often as we too age, but even in their simple beauty the words cannot express the feelings.

Part of St. Louis died on January 19, 2013. Part of the game of baseball left us as well. It’s easy to use hyperbole to overstate the memory and the place in history of nearly anyone who has recently passed, but it’s my heartfelt feeling that such overblown statements about Stan “The Man” do not exist. At his retirement, after 22 years with the Cardinals, baseball commissioner Ford Frick described No. 6 as “Baseball’s perfect warrior. Baseball’s perfect knight.” Say that about anyone else and people will roll their eyes.

TPGF Fellow: Sean Smith

December 8th, 2012

The following story was submitted by Sean Smith, a 2012 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation®. Name: Sean Smith School: University of Central Florida – DeVos Sports Business Management Program Job or Internship: Programming Intern at runDisney How did working with The Perfect Game Foundation® help you? The Perfect Game Foundation® and Del have helped […]

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