AGE – 59, WIFE JUDY, DAUGHTERS ASHLEY AND JULIA, SON RYAN

TOPIC:  BASEBALL AND LIFE.  MOTIVATIONAL & HUMOROUS

STARTED CAREER IN MAJOR LEAGUES ON 18TH BIRTHDAY, 9/22/64.  STRUCK OUT WILLIE MAYS IN FIRST INNING.

ASTROS FIRST 20 GAME WINNER IN 1969

NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STAR 1969 & 1971

NO-HITTER VS. EXPOS IN 1976

18 YEARS AS PRINCIPLE ANALYST ON RADIO AND TELEVISION

WROTE A COLUMN ONCE A WEEK DURING THE SEASON FOR THE HOUTON CHRONICLE -- 11 YEARS.  CURRENTLY WRITING A BLOG FOR THE CHRONICLE

PRODUCED AND RECORDED A THREE MINUTE VIGNETTE “THE BASEBALL LIBRARY, WHICH PLAYED FOR 5 YEARS ON ASTROS RADIO NETWORK PRE-GAME SHOW (APROXIMATELY 500 SEPERATE SHOWS)

MANAGED ASTROS 5 YEARS AND WON THE CENTRAL DIVISION 4 TIMES. 

MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN 1998 (BEST MANAGING RECORD IN ASTROS HISTORY)

ELECTED TO TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN 2000.

UNIFORM NUMBER 49 RETIRED BY ASTROS IN 2002

PUBLISHED BOOK (THIS AIN’T BRAIN SURGERY) IN 2003

NAMED ONE OF 38 HOUSTON SPORTS LEGENDS AT THE SUPER BOWL GALA IN 2004

CURRENTLY WORKING AS A FREELANCE WRITER, SPEAKER AND BROADCASTER

SECOND BOOK,  MY TEAM, CAME OUT IN JULY, 2006