Ball four
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Ball four
Wiley Publishing, c1990
Twentieth-anniversary ed
- : pbk
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Originally published: Ball four / edited by Leonard Shector. New York : World Pub. Co., 1970
Previous ed. published as: Ball four plus ball five, 1981
Includes Ball five and Ball six
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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'tordinarily follow baseball.
Table of Contents
Preface -- 1980, 1990. Editor's Foreword. Introduction. BALL FOUR. Part 1 They Made Me What I am Today. Part 2 "My Arm Isn't Sore, It's Just A Little Stiff.". part 3 And Then I Died. Part 4 I Always Wanted to See Hawaii. Part 5 The Yanks Are Coming, The Yanks Are Coming. Part 6 Shut Up. Part 7 Honey, Meet Me In Houston. Appendix Tell Your Statistics To Shut Up. BALL FIVE -- Ten Years Later. BALL SIX -- Twenty Years Later. Photographs. The Boys of Ball Four. About the Editor. Index.
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