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Ball Four

The Final Pitch

Jim Bouton

This classic book shook up the sports world when it was first published in 1970. With a new prologue by the author, it remains an important social document and beloved by fans. Though once considered a traitor and "social leper," Bouton's book is still being read today, even by those who don't typically follow baseball.
Publish Date
1990-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
1990-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1970
Goodreads Rating
4.04
ISBN
0021898306654
Recommendations
8
Recommendations
The best baseball book.      source
2019-07-11T01:12:13.000Z
RIP Jim Bouton, author of “Ball Four,” the greatest sports book of all time.      source
2020-08-08T03:00:22.000Z
Get back into baseball with the best books on the sport: The Game, Jon Pessah Ball Four, Jim Bouton Veeck as in Wreck, Bill Veeck The Wrong Stuff, Bill Lee The Bronx Zoo, Sparky Lyle The Boys of Summer, Roger Kahn Five Seasons, Roger Angell Moneyball, Michael Lewis      source
2021-01-02T01:39:06.000Z
Some favorite sports books: The Game, Dryden The Summer Game, Angell The Breaks of the Game, Halberstam Wait Till Next Year, William Goldman Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand A Fan’s Notes, Exley The Sportswriter, Richard Ford Fever Pitch, Hornby Ball Four, Bouton Cheers 🍻      source
2019-07-11T10:41:03.000Z
“Ball Four” may have been the first book I fell in love with      source
2019-07-11T02:53:59.000Z
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time." — Jim Bouton If you haven't read Ball Four, well, you really need to. Best baseball book ever written. Yes, that includes Lords of the Realm.      source
2019-07-11T00:13:33.000Z
Damn. Jim Bouton. "Ball Four" is the best baseball book ever written. It blew my 13-year-old mind and I've read it every few years since. It always holds up. Meeting him at a SABR convention in Seattle is something I'll never forget. An absolute legend.      source
2019-07-11T02:17:41.000Z
RIP to Jim Bouton. 'Ball Four' is truly an America masterpiece. Reading that book certainly had a great influence on me....      source