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Title	:	Ball Four
Author	:	Jim Bouton
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 504 pages
Published	:	July 1st 1990 by Wiley (first published January 1st 1970)
Categories	:	Sports. Baseball. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography

Ball Four Paperback | Pages: 504 pages

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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." Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And serious critics called it an important social document. Today, Jim Bouton is still not invited to Oldtimer's Days at Yankee Stadium. But his landmark book is still being read by people who don't ordinarily follow baseball.

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Original Title:	Ball Four
ISBN:	0020306652 (ISBN13: 9780020306658)
Edition Language:	English

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Loved this...sent it to my grandsons, both pitchers, and my son-in-law.

Sad to say, baseball nut that I am, this book stayed below my radar for years on end, when it finally became a known quantity in my life as a fan I viewed it as something rather like Great Expectations definitely on the reading list, just waiting for you to tackle it and be stunned.However, rarely does the book live up to the hype. I fully expected a gripping story full of mystery and wonder, wit and grace, evocative prose reliving the highs and lows of a season on the road. And in the course of

Rereading Ball Four for the first time since 1970, I was struck by how todays readers would be baffled by the impact that the book originally had on the sports world. In an era when its not unusual for sports figures to tweet their comments about coaches, fans, and fellow players immediately following a game, Im not sure that todays fan realizes what a big deal Ball Four once was. Pitcher Jim Boutons candor about his teammates (past and present), coaches, managers and Major League Baseball

Never having read a baseball book before, I enjoyed of Ball Four for the novelty, in addition to its interesting anecdotes and the truth of the reality of baseball. It was also cool to see the contrast of baseball and book writing between then and now.

I'm not a baseball fan, but early this year I heard a brief interview with Jim Bouton and there was something about him that caught my attention - perhaps his voice (you can hear his smile in his voice), perhaps it was his word choice or maybe it was his humor. Regardless, something got to me and I sought out this book. I had a choice between reading it and listening and, because it was read by the author, I opted to get the audiobook.Ball Four is only superficially a book about baseball and you

I live in England. My knowledge of baseball is limited to books and memories of PE lessons where teachers taught us something of a cross between baseball and rounders called softball. It was fun. We preferred it to cricket but had no opportunity to watch a game on telly whereas the English "summer game" was on for seven hours a day for most of the summer. We'd heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Willie Mays but didn't know that one was fat, one lean and one black. America's and England's summer

I've always heard this was one of, if not the best, baseball memoirs, but I find Bouton somewhat unlikable and the book itself a bit boring.