Ball Four

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. Free Download Ball Four Author Jim Bouton For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time Why you looking at me that way, BOWton This is probably the most controversial book and the most honest book ever written about baseball It is interesting how the words honest and controversial seem to travel together like a Harley Davidson with a sidecar Jim Bouton won two World Series games in 1964 with the New York Yankees, but in 1965 he developed a A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time Why you looking at me that way, BOWton This is probably the most controversial book and the most honest book ever written about baseball It is interesting how the words honest and controversial seem to tr...This is one of the seminal shoot beaver and tell books It opened up the field for sportswriters to come and got Bouton into a fair bit of trouble It is a must read for its look at the Yankees of Mantle and Maris days, showing them as the very human people they were A classic of it s genre Jim Bouton image from NPRBaseball Almanac entry for...Loved thissent it to my grandsons, both pitchers, and my son in law.Ball Four might be the greatest baseball book ever written Correction, Ball Four might be the greatest sports book ever written What Bouton accomplished with Ball Four was to tear the cover off of professional sports by exposing the tangled core underneath the canned responses to interviews, the hagiography of sports heroes, and the mundane existence of living out of a suitcase for six months The haloed Yankees hated this book as it painted their hero Mickey Mantle as less than a shining lig Ball Four might be the greatest baseball book ever written Correction, Ball Four might be the greatest sports book ever written What Bouton accomplished with Ball Four was to tear the cover off of professional sports by exposing the tangled core underneath the canned responses to interviews, the hagiography of sports heroes, and the mundane existence of living out of a suitcase for six months The haloed Yankees hated this book as it painted their hero Mickey Mantle as less than a shining light, the fans didn t care for that either Players thought it broke the sacred bonds of The Team But Bouton was always an iconoclast he cared and fought for what he thought was fair pay long before the free agent era, he talked to reporters in thoughtful conversations, and he took notes After Bouton blew out his a...I read it because it was most often cited as the favorite book of so many guys I knew who came of age in the 70s Much to my surprise, I loved it Jim Bouton is a Wit It s a an amusing, as well instructive, narrative on the mid 20th Century psyche of the American male, which continues to influence our culture and politics to this day Frankly, it gave meuseful insight into guys than anything I ve ever read And it makes the perfect bar mitzvah...This review thing asks What did you think My answer Jim Bouton is full of shit I try to refrain from using profanity in things like book reviews, but in this case, it is the only way to categorize it.Apparently, when this book was first released, it cause a big stir in the baseball community and in the fandom of America Mostly, I can see why it is boring, and Bouton takes all 400 pages to whine about money, coaches, his knuckleball, wanting to start pitch, and he relishes every opportu This review thing asks What did you think My answer Jim Bouton is full of shit I try to refrain from using profanity in things like book reviews, but in this case, it is the only way to categorize it.Apparently, when this book was first released, it cause a big stir in the baseball community and in the fandom of America Mostly, I can see why it is boring, and Bouton takes all 400 pages to whine about money, coaches, his knuckleball, wanting to start pitch, and he relishes every opportunity to dish on how depraved every single big league ball player is.He also, with delight, flouted the stated motto that what happens in the clubhouse, stays in the clubhouse that governs baseball.And he continually acts surprised that fellow baseball players hated the book.Did I mention that this book is boring The sections were divided up into days, all during the 1969 baseball ...Ball Four is the April Baseball Book Club selection, author is Jim Bouton.Jim Bouton played professional baseball as a pitcher from 1962 to 1970 It s unheard of to have a pitcher play for that long, because of eventual and certain damage to a throwing arm He played with and against some of the great players of the time Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Elston Howard, Stan Musial, Whitey Ford and lotsThe reason he lasted so long in the game was because of his one great pitch, the knucklebal Ball Four is the April Baseball Book Club selection, author is Jim Bouton.Jim Bouton played professional baseball as a pitcher from 1962 to 1970 It s unheard of to have a pitcher play for that lon...Prior to 1970, the rule in baseball was you better not talk publicly about what the sport and its participants were really like in the clubhouse, on the field, and traveling from city to city But then along came Jim Bouton Once a flame throwing, twenty game winner and starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, Bouton lost his fastball and found himself working middle relief for the expansion Seattle Pilots, desperately trying to develop a knuckleball and taking notes about pro ball player shen Prior to 1970, the rule in baseball was you better not talk publicly about what the sport and its participants were really like in the clubhouse, on the field, and traveling from city to city But then along came Jim Bouton Once a flame throwing, twenty game winner and starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, Bouton lost his fastball and found himself working middle relief for the expansion Seattle Pilots, desperately trying to develop a knuckleball and taking notes about pro ball player shenanigans that would eventually be crafted into the book, Ball Four, which went on to be named one of the Greatest 100 Non Fiction Books of All Time by Time Magazine.When Ball Four hit the shelves in 1970, it caused an instant uproar Players, managers, coaches, and club executives couldn t believe that one of their own had gone public with such a behind the scene tale of promiscuity, carousing, illicit...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 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 the novel Bouton c...Whenever you want to complain about how much baseball players are making, read this book about the times during the reserve clause when owners owned the rights to players in perpetuity Jim Bouton was a young fireballer who was used as piece of meat by the Yankees then discarded a few seasons later when he blew out his arm Ball Four follows his story a few years after that, when he is desperately trying to keep his major league career going by developing a knuckleball, a pitch his old school Whenever you want to complai...

• English
• 06 May 2018
Jim Bouton
• Paperback
• 504 pages
• 0020306652
• Jim Bouton
• Ball Four