CONTENTS
Foreword By Kent Pulliam
1 It’s In Your Hands
2 Bobbie Lee
3 Willie James
4 Hilltopper
5 Role Models
6 I’m Going to Play Football
7 I Never Played the Outfield
8 My Introduction to the Midwest
9 Playing in Front of My Family
10 Learning to Switch Hit
11 Inside the Park
12 Find a Driver for Your Car
13 Stealing Bases
14 Earning My Spot
15 K K K K K K K K K K K K
16 Player of the Year
17 I Shouldn’t Have Sat Out
18 Peer Pressure
19 The Day My Life Changed
20 Jail Time
21 Suspended
22 Comeback Story
23 I Couldn’t Handle Being a Celebrity
24 A Lifetime Deal Lasts Two Years
25 Getting Back to the Series
26 Don’t Count Us Out
27 “Welcome Home World Series Champs”
28 Beginning of the End
29 Final Four Years with the Royals
30 My Walking Papers
31 Playing the Game
32 Two Years with the A’s
33 The Cubbies
34 What’s Next?
35 Losing All My Money
36 How This Affected My Family
37 I Wasn’t Ready to Coach
38 Just Lost
39 Getting Into the Royals Hall of Fame
40 Selling My Stuff
41 Finding My Way
42 Foundation for My Life
43 A Good Place Going Forward
Stats
Acknowledgements
Author Bios