R.I.P., Jim Bouton

[JStuart]

I loved Ball Four when it came out, and it is sad to see him gone.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/...eball-n1028606

One of my favorite lines from the book was a response he got from another player, while giving a fake radio interview: 'So, what the hardest thing about being a major league ballplayer?' ' Well, Jim, I think it is persuading your wife to take antibiotics for your own kidney infection'.
Sports Journalism was never the same, nor should it have been.

[accfanfrom1970]

Loved Ball Four. Still have my original paperback. Time to pull it back out.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

RIP Jim. Not my favorite Yankee pitcher of all time, but I rooted for him. Remember reading the book as a teenager. Hot stuff! LGY LGD GTHc!

[BD80]

I loved Ball Four when it came out, and it is sad to see him gone.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/...eball-n1028606

One of my favorite lines from the book was a response he got from another player, while giving a fake radio interview: 'So, what the hardest thing about being a major league ballplayer?' ' Well, Jim, I think it is persuading your wife to take antibiotics for your own kidney infection'.
Sports Journalism was never the same, nor should it have been.

This was a phenomenal book for the times, one that provided many quotes useful amongst select company. Sad that I remember so few of those lines now ...

[rasputin]

This was a phenomenal book for the times, one that provided many quotes useful amongst select company. Sad that I remember so few of those lines now ...

Let's all go out there and pound some Budweiser.

[jimsumner]

Bouton had every right to be bitter. He had two outstanding seasons for the Yankees but they insisted on pitching him when he developed a sore arm and ruined a promising career.

But he was a darn good writer. RIP.

[budwom]

He forced me to think about Dick Radatz and oranges in a way I had never thought of at the time.