Ball Four (RosettaBooks Sports Classics) by Jim Bouton, Leonard Shecter

Ball Four (RosettaBooks Sports Classics)

Jim Bouton, Leonard Shecter

496 pages first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sports informative slow-paced
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When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold, and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a...

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