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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: Djuan Bragg

January 11th, 2012

The following story was submitted by Djuan Bragg, a 2011 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation. Name: Djuan Bragg School: University of Central Florida, DeVos Sport Business Management Program Job or Internship: multiple offers How did working with The Perfect Game Foundation help you? The Perfect Game Foundation has afforded me many incredible opportunities. At the […]

A Sense of Ownership

January 11th, 2012

The following story was submitted by Aaron J. Gearlds, a 2011 fellow of The Perfect Game Foundation. This past November, Francisco Arocha granted me the opportunity to visit the Tiburones organization in Venezuela. Mr. Arocha is one of the owners of the Tiburones de La Guaira baseball team who presented me my first encounter with the […]

Leadership

December 2nd, 2011

Although The Perfect Game Foundation and the Bob On Baseball blog were both established to be baseball-centric, we’ve always had a bigger-picture goal of eventually expanding to assist young aspirants in other endeavors within the sports world. That will come someday, but in the meantime we’re also aware that stories can come along that are simply too good to pass up, and today’s story of leadership is just such a story.

Used here with the permission of the author, Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post, this story vividly explains what true leadership is, what it looks like, sounds like, and how it works. It’s a truly terrific explanation, and a great read. It may not be a baseball story, concentrating on balls, strikes, and outs but it is a sports story that easily hits the subject matter out of the park.

Q & A with Corrine Vitolo

November 22nd, 2011

We recently asked Corrine Vitolo a few questions regarding her business career, interests, and the business of baseball. Here’s what she had to say: Q. Tell us about SmartSports – what is the business all about and how did you create it? In short, we are the physical SAT®. We’ve developed the first quantitative tech system that measures athletic […]

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