6/11/2023 0 Comments Ball Four by Jim Bouton![]() ![]() ![]() Bill Freehan’s “Behind the Mask”, which actually pre-dated Ball Four’s release was also an inside look at a team, but without most of the non-baseball material covered in Ball Four. This book took the inside stories which were evolving, beginning with Jerry Kramer’s book “Instant Replay” about the 1967 Green Bay Packers and Frank Beard’s book “Pro” about the golf tour.īouton took these books a step further and was not nearly as family friendly as some of the other books in that process. Or as the story at the time goes: “If you see a word you don’t know, don’t ask your mother about those” to deal with the four letter words. One of the things to remember is if all he had written about was how baseball players were human (young, loved to chase girls on the road, used coarse language, etc.) that would not have been so bad. While it was obvious from all his writings that he truly loved the game, the fact he looked at things differently was a cause of consternation for baseball officials. After all, Bouton did pitch in 73 games during the 1969 season, which included two major league teams and a short minor-league stint.īefore going to the Seattle Pilots, Bouton had been a New York Yankee and was a remnant from the final days of the Yankees dynasty. ![]() Jim Bouton, who should have had Topps cards in 19 so we could have even better memories of that era, was as the author the key person of the book. ![]()
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