Billy Williams My Sweet-Swinging Lifetime with the Cubs
by Williams, Billy; Mitchell, Fred; Santo, RonFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Triumph Books
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Summary
Reliable, Quiet, and often overshadowed in the media by the showier players of the era, Billy Williams steadily created a Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Cubs and Oakland A's. Now Williams, with the Chicago Tribune's Fred Mitchell, reflects on his life and career in this thoughtful autobiography. Williams revisits the social conditions and racial tensions that influenced his early years, and tells how growing up in Whistler, Alabama, shaped the rest of his life. Williams celebrates his playing days with the 1969 Cubs and speaks honestly about baseball, the players of today and yesteryear, and the changes he has witnessed over the years. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Billy Williams played for the Chicago Cubs from 1958 through 1974. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987, and is currently an executive advisor for the Cubs. Fred Mitchell has spent the past 33 years as a sportswriter covering the Chicago Bears, Cubs, and Bulls for the Chicago Tribune. Mitchell has written seven other books, including nationally acclaimed Playing Through with Earl and Tiger Woods. Mitchell lives in Chicago. Ron Santo is a Hall of Fame baseball player who spent his entire career with the Chicago Cubs.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. v |
| I Quit | p. 1 |
| 1969 Collapse | p. 25 |
| The Mobile Mafia | p. 49 |
| My Chicago Cubs Teammates from A to Z | p. 73 |
| That Sweet Swing | p. 135 |
| It's Oakland In and Out | p. 155 |
| The Right Necessities | p. 171 |
| A Spoonful of Wheat Germ and Honey | p. 189 |
| Appendix | p. 207 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved. |
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