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Dick Williams is now among a select group of 18 managers who have been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but until Monday's announcement he was taking nothing for granted. "I'll tell you, when I died I was planning on having my ashes spread around the ballpark up there Doubleday Field," the 78 year old Williams told on Tuesday. "I thought that might be the closest I got. I was hoping it would happen, but I didn't know if it would ever really happen." Williams was one of five managers and cod phentermine shipped executives elected on Monday by separate Veterans Committees, joining Billy Southworth, former Commissioner Bowie Kuhn and owners Walter O'Malley and Barney Dreyfuss. He received 13 of the 16 votes from the committee assigned to vote only for managers and umpires. All five electees will be inducted on July 27 at Cooperstown, N.Y., with any players who make it from the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot. Williams managed six teams in his 21 year managerial career that ended in 1988 with the Seattle Mariners. He won the World Series with the Oakland A's in 1972 and 1973, the American League pennant with the Red Sox in 1967, the National League pennant with the Padres in 1984 and also had tours with the Angels and Montreal Expos. But his success in Oakland under cantankerous and creative owner Charlie Finley will be his lasting legacy. He'll go into the Hall wearing a green and gold A's cap because of three first place finishes and a 280 198 record in his three seasons. Hall officials now make that determination. "They asked me my opinion, and I said the Oakland A's and that was their thought," said Williams, who donned the traditional Hall of Fame jersey and cap for Tuesday's press conference. "I like this and whatever they say, I'm going to do. This is the pinnacle. I've been fortunate to be on two World Series winners, but this, this is the ultimate goal, I would think, of any player or manager or cod phentermine shipped executive. It certainly is for me." Williams is only the fourth manager from his era to be enshrined in the Hall, joining Sparky Anderson of the Reds and Tigers, Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers, and Earl Weaver of the Orioles. Williams, recalling his epic World Series battles with Sparky, noted that his A's defeated Anderson's Reds in the 1972 Fall Classic, while Sparky's Tigers whipped Williams' Padres in 1984. "It's a huge, huge feeling to be with Sparky," Williams said. "And Sparky and I are one and one. Sparky did a tremendous job. Earl did a tremendous job with one ballclub. And, of course, Lasorda did it with one ballclub. He's the ambassador of cod phentermine shipped. You want an after dinner speaker, Tommy can do it. You want him sitting down there asking questions, Tommy can do that. He can do everything. For me to be among those guys, it's a big thrill." Williams managed 3,023 games, with a 1,571 1,451 record and a.520 winning percentage. When he managed a full season, his teams finished.500 or better 12 times and his 101 60 record with the A's in 1971 was the zenith. Williams had a way of bringing success to previously underachieving teams before his hard nosed style grew old with players and management. His 1967 Red Sox, for instance, had finished in ninth place the previous season, but went on to the World Series for the first time since 1946. "I want to congratulate Dick Williams on his election to the Hall of Fame," said fellow Hall of Famer and Red Sox star Carl Yastrzemski, who was the last hitter to win the Triple Crown. "It was long overdue. He worked hard, and he proved to me and my teammates that 1967 was a year we will never forget. It was an honor to play for him." In Oakland, where Williams transformed himself into a more modern manager who got along better with players, his World Series winners of 1972 were the first for that franchise since the A's of Philadelphia won in 1930. "We congratulate Dick on his well deserved honor," A's president Michael Crowley said. "Our franchise has a proud history and a championship culture, due in large part to Dick's work in Oakland." And his 1984 Padres made their first World Series appearance in history. During Williams' four San Diego seasons, a team that had had only one winning season in its first 13, never finished below.500. "We congratulate Dick on his election to the Hall of Fame," said Sandy Alderson, the Padres current chief executive. "The Padres were fortunate to share four years of his distinguished career, and his work in San Diego remains a foundation of our organization's success." Even in Montreal, where the Expos previously faltered, Williams coaxed the team to 90 win seasons in 1979 and 1980 before he was fired late in the strike shortened 1981 season, the only time that team made the playoffs. "[Then general manager] John McHale Sr., who I just think the world of, didn't think I would be able to bring the club in, even though I had already brought two other clubs in," Williams recalled. "So he had Jim Fanning take the reins the last few weeks of the season and they ended up winning their division in the second half. Believe it or not, I'm a manager that had been let go, but I was rooting like the devil for them because it would have made my paycheck a little bigger." Along the way, Williams managed his share of Hall of Famers: Yaz with the Red Sox; Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter and Rollie Fingers with the A's, Gary Carter with the Expos, and Tony Gwynn with the Padres. Now he's among their number. "My wife and I just can't believe it," he said. "This is the pinnacle of everything in cod phentermine shipped, and I'm so happy and humbled by it. But it's a great, great feeling that I'll always remember and always cherish." Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. ... cod phentermine shipped