Ball Four
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Ball Four
By Jim BoutonThe Dutchmen were playing the Otsego Macs at legendary Doubleday Field, just behind the Baseball Hall of Fame. The very same field I had played on with the Yankees back in 1965 when we beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7–4 in the annual ...
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Ball Four
By Jim BoutonTwentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked....
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Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues
By Jim BoutonThe diary of a major-league baseball player during one season reveals the game's venal and foolish aspects
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Ball Four: The Final Pitch
By Jim BoutonThen Commissioner Bowie Kuhn attempted to force Bouton to sign a statement that the stories he told weren't true. The San Diego Padres burned a copy of Ball Four in protest of its release.
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Ball Four: The Final Pitch
By Jim BoutonCommissioners, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and social leper. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book.
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Ball Four: The Final Pitch
By Jim BoutonCommissioners, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and social leper. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book.
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Ball Four: The Final Pitch
By Jim BoutonThen Commissioner Bowie Kuhn attempted to force Bouton to sign a statement that the stories he told weren't true. The San Diego Padres burned a copy of Ball Four in protest of its release.