Reviews for Ball Four
Review - Ball Four
In this "crude for the time" memoir, the Seattle Pilot and Houston Astros pitcher reveals that he and many other baseball players are spoiled and immature.
Reviewed by Roger on 2006-08-04 21:30:31
Ball Fourby Jim Bouton | |
| Category: |
"Sports" |
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| Pages: | 371 |
| Year of Publication: | 1970 |
| Date Added: | 08/04/2006 |
| Notes: | The controversial first of the "tell all" sports memoirs. As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. In the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life — Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. |
| My Rating: | 6 |