(670 The Score) Richard Williams, the father of Cubs right-hander Trevor Williams, was waiting at the airport in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon when he joined the Parkins & Spiegel Show on 670 The Score. It's a setting he'll find himself in often in 2021.
Richard was traveling back to his home in San Diego from Pittsburgh after attending Trevor's start in the Cubs' 7-1 loss to the Pirates on Sunday. Come this Friday, he'll board a flight from San Diego to Chicago in order to watch Trevor's scheduled start at Wrigley Field on Saturday.
Richard plans to attend every one of Trevor's starts this season -- not just because of his love of his son and his upbringing as a Cubs fan on the South Side of Chicago but also because of the lessons he has learned in life. In 2015, Richard was diagnosed with lymphoma and given two to three months to live unless he underwent aggressive treatment. So he cherishes every moment he has, and it's why he's happy to travel to wherever Trevor pitches and watch him in person.
"Once you've been given that type of diagnosis, you smell the roses," Williams said on the Parkins & Spiegel Show. "You really do.
"I will see each one of Trevor's 30 or 31 starts this year."
Richard still has health issues, but the treatment in 2015 was successful, he said. He was at Wrigley Field last Monday to watch Trevor's winning debut with the Cubs.
"It's something that I'm going to remember and I'm going to cherish," Trevor said that night.
Listen to Richard's full interview on the Parkins & Spiegel Show by clicking here.