The Chicago Cubs‘ Billy Williams is dealing with a heavy heart. His wife, Shirley Williams, has late-stage dementia. Stage 7–or the final stage–is heartbreaking. Speech and communication are severely declined, if not completely. Eating, drinking and swallowing need to be assisted. It’s sad to what it’s come to.
The way he stood in the batter’s box? Fearless. He was a young man, claiming the National League Rookie of the Year. He had 25 home runs and 86 RBI. He missed an average of one per year. ONE. Still, he is as scared as the next guy who’s put in this position.