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Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues is a book by Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton, edited by Leonard Shecter and first published in 1970.
Apr 26, 2012 · Fifty years ago, a young pitcher won his first major league game for the New York Yankees. Jim Bouton went on to become a top-flight player. But he became famous, or notorious, for Ball Four, a...
Jun 1, 1970 · Twentieth-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. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper."
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Ball Four is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1976. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Bouton co-created the show with humorist and television critic Marvin Kitman and sportswriter Vic Ziegel. Bouton also starred in the series.
Nov 16, 2021 · Jim Bouton's 1970 memoir Ball Four was a groundbreaking sports book that exposed baseball's hypocrisy, corruption, and human side. Learn how Bouton challenged the status quo with his outspoken views on politics, war, drugs, and players' rights.
Jul 12, 1990 · Twentieth-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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Jul 10, 2019 · In “Ball Four,” the pitch is a metaphor for Bouton’s view of himself as an eccentric member of a baseball society of conservative go-alongs, stubbornly following his own path and yet dependent...
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