GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died. He was 80.

Jim Bouton: Those are the only names they’ve got for sure. You’re talking about one guy [who cooperated with the Mitchell investigation], evidently. This probably represents a fraction of the ...

Ball Four is a 1976 American situation comedy that aired on CBS in 1976. The series is inspired by the 1970 book of the same name by Jim Bouton. Bouton co-created the show with humorist and ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Jim Bouton is an Author with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2004 Forum. Panelists discussed the use of public money to fund major league ...

Stefan’s Zelmo Beaty: Stefan’s 2020 Afterball on a sign-stealing update of “Proud to Be an Astro” from Jim Bouton’s Ball Four. Hang Up and Listen’s weekly little dribblers: ...

Jim Bouton, who began his career with the Yankees as a starter and finished as a reliever for the Seattle Pilots, thinks it isn’t so easy to make that transition: “From a distance,” he says ...

So ends the final paragraph of “Ball Four,” the late Jim Bouton’s best-selling chronicle of his 1969 season in the Major Leagues.

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