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07-10-2019, 07:05 PM
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Jim Bouton dies at 80
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07-10-2019, 07:09 PM
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07-10-2019, 07:11 PM
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07-10-2019, 07:19 PM
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Ball Four was a great book.....RIP.
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07-10-2019, 07:45 PM
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I can still remember Pete Rose, on the top step of the dugout screaming, “F*** you, Shakespeare. |
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07-10-2019, 08:28 PM
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RIP Jim Bouton!
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07-10-2019, 08:47 PM
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I really didn’t know anything about Sal Maglie, but Bouton was so brutal on him in Ball Four that I was dying laughing.
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07-10-2019, 09:11 PM
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Pete Rose hated him for the book and used to yell 'F__K YOU SHAKESPEARE!" from the dugout at Bouton when he was pitching...
Hopefully some of the younger fellas here will at least look him up.... |
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07-10-2019, 09:13 PM
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07-10-2019, 09:16 PM
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Ball Four...awesome read!
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07-10-2019, 09:19 PM
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RIP, fellow Bronco
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07-10-2019, 11:48 PM
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Anyone up for some beaver shooting?
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07-11-2019, 07:11 AM
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Great wit. I also read his book "I'm glad you didn't take it personally," which was written about his experiences with Ball Four and about him being blackballed. His most recent book I think was about bidding to get a minor league team in Pittsfield Mass. Was a pretty good read also.
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07-11-2019, 07:28 AM
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RIP
I just read Ball Four again in spring training like I do every year. Guess it's time to watch The Battered B*stards of Baseball again.
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07-11-2019, 07:51 AM
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R.I.P. Jim "Ball Four" Bouton.
I've been a Yankee fan since 1961 and I still remember those early 1960's when the Yanks were still great and I also recall the thin years, but those were my most enjoyable days as a Yankee fan. R.I.P. Mr. Bouton. |
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07-11-2019, 07:56 AM
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07-11-2019, 08:21 AM
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He spoke at a company offsite about 10 years ago, very nice guy.
Signed for everybody that had a copy of his book and he gave everybody a pack of Big League Chew. Half the company didn't even know what it was so I made out like a bandit, ha ha |
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