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Ball Four : The Final Pitch by Jim Bouton (2000, Hardcover)

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PublisherSports Publishing, LLC

ISBN-101582613109

ISBN-139781582613109

eBay Product ID (ePID)1796978

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Edition20

Publication Year2000

Book TitleBall Four : the Final Pitch

TopicBaseball / General

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorJim Bouton

FormatHardcover

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Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal796.357/092

Edition DescriptionAnniversary

SynopsisWhen Ball Four was first published in 1970, it ignited a firestorm of controversy that raged far beyond the boundaries of baseball. From players and team executives to journalists and broadcasters, everyone had a mostly negative opinion about Jim Bouton's nearly 500- page expose. The former Yankee pitching star was labeled a Judas, a Benedict Arnold and a social leper. Then Commissioner Bowie Kuhn attempted to force Bouton to sign a statement that the stories he told weren't true. The San Diego Padres burned a copy of Ball Four in protest of its release. However, the majority of the fans who bought tickets to watch their diamond heroes loved Ball Four. Even the people who didn't ordinarily follow baseball devoured the hilariously funny and revealing book. In fact, during its 30-year life, Ball Four has sold more than five million copies worldwide. For the millennium edition of this historic book, Bouton has written a highly entertaining epilogue, reflecting upon his life at the age of 60, the traumatic death of his daughter, and the heart-warming invitation from the Yankees to play in his first Old-Timers' Day game since his exile from the club. Says the author about his ground-breaking book, By establishing new boundaries, Ball Four changed sports reporting at least to the extent that, after the book, it was no longer possible to sell the milk and cookies image again ... besides, you can get sick on milk and cookies.Ball Four is a high-and-inside fastball which will forever be a journalistic classic.

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von qfud2148
12. Aug. 2023
A great title for a book about baseball.
A great book about baseball , doesn’t get any better than that. I big fan of Jim Bouton. I played baseball for a lot of years. This book about baseball and what went on behind the curtain, spoke to me. I had the original book years ago don’t remember what happened to it. I wished I could have met Jim Bouton.
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