Bill Giles is the former business manager of the Nashville Vols minor League baseball team before moving on to be publicist and marketing director of the Houston Colt .45s and the Astrodome for ten years. In late 1969 he joined the Philadelphia Phillies becoming director of Business operations. In 1981 he put a group together to purchase the Phillies and became CEO until late 1997 when he semi-retired and became chairman of the Phillies. He is still a part owner of the Phillies and Chairman. Giles is the son of former National League president Warren Giles. Doug Myers is the author of several baseball books, including Essential Cubs and Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Pitching.
"An entertaining, must-read...the stories he tells are tremendous."
-- John Kruk
"An insightful history of baseball...Throughout his long career in
baseball, Bill Giles has been one of the game's most creative and
successful innovators." -- Commissioner Alan H. (Bud) Selig
"Great book! It is informative, entertaining, and funny. The
innerworkings of a baseball team from the ownership to the players
and everything in between." -- Joe Morgan
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