Bump Willis will continue to instruct, mentor, and coach Mustangs. It is in his nature, but last year was his last season to manage a team, writes Dallas Cothrum.As you get older, it becomes harder to make friends. Even more so, to find someone you can learn from.
In his first big league game he had his first hit, a single off Hall of Famer Jim Palmer in the 10th inning to score a runner and give the Rangers a win.He and his teammate, Toby Harrah, are the only players to ever hit back-to-back inside the park home runs. They did it in Yankees Stadium on Aug. 27, 1977, on consecutive pitches. You can look it up.AdvertisementIt’s not just his own team loves him, everyone does.
Bump tells his players two things: “Go as hard as you can as long as you can” and “swing it like you mean it.” He lives his life along these lines and he has since 1962, when, at age 10, he was allowed to sit in the dugout of the great Dodgers teams of his father, Maury Wills. Managed by Walt Alston, those teams featured Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. He’s been a Baseball Man ever since.
“Bumpy deserved to go out a winner,” the team’s first baseman, Cooper Alt, told me after the game. He sure did. How many 71-year-olds throw batting practice multiple times a week. Only a Baseball Man does that.
Jackie Robinson Day Bump Willis Dallas Mustangs Baseball Community
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »
Source: FOX10Phoenix - 🏆 83. / 68 Read more »
Source: etnow - 🏆 696. / 51 Read more »
Source: usweekly - 🏆 390. / 55 Read more »
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »