Robert Walter Dews, Jr., known professionally as Bobby Dews, (born March 23, 1939 in Clinton, Iowa

Clinton, Iowa

Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...

, USA) is a former infielder

Infielder

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 in Minor League Baseball

Minor league baseball

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 and coach

Coach (baseball)

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 in Major League Baseball

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.

Born in the small town of Clinton, Iowa, Bobby Dews moved to rural Edison, Georgia

Edison, Georgia

Edison is a city in Calhoun County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,340 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Edison is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, to live with his grandparents at an early age and graduated from Edison High School (now Calhoun County High School). Dews grew up in a musical household, and is an avid fan of skiffle music. Dews plays the ukelele and banjo

Banjo

In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...

, and appeared in a late lineup of The Skiffle Boys with Dan Burley

Dan Burley

Dan Burley was an American pianist and journalist. He appeared on numerous network television and radio shows in the US and had two radio shows of his own on WWRL Radio in New York....

, as well as the Jug Stompers with Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee

Walter Brown McGhee was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.-Life and career:...

 and Pops Foster

Pops Foster

George Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally....

.
Dews played baseball and basketball for the Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

 Yellow Jackets

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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, graduating in 1961.

Dews played and managed in the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 farm system before joining the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 organization in 1974. The season marked Dews' 35th consecutive season with the Braves, including 14 years spent as a coach on the major league level. He began working with the Braves' organization in , and managed at multiple minor league levels and served as field coordinator of instruction in the Braves' farm system. His career as an Atlanta coach occurred during three different terms (1979–81; 1985; 1997–2006). After the season, he retired as the Braves' bullpen coach to become a roving coach. He works with the Braves at home games and works with the minor league teams while the major league club is on the road.

Bobby Dews: Author

In an article in the magazine "Atlanta" printed in March 2003 (Vol. 42, No. 12, Page 60.) Dews references his writings from as far back as 35 years prior. Of particular note is his book "Legends Demons and Dreams" published in paperback in 2007 by Literati Press, New York (originally released in hardcover by Longstreet Press in 2005).

In 2008 Dews beacame a writer-in-residence at Andrew College

Andrew College

Andrew College is a private, liberal arts junior college located a few blocks off the town square in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, United States...

 located in the city of Cuthbert, Georgia

Cuthbert, Georgia

Cuthbert is a city in, and the county seat of, Randolph County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,731 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cuthbert is located at 31º46'15" North, 84º47'37" West ....

where he attended college for a short time. While a writer-in-residence at Andrew College, Dews completed and published a second collection of stories entitled "An Illusion of Victory" released by CreateSpace in 2009.