Jim Bouton has died, aw "s**t f*kk"

[byco42]

"Smoke 'em inside, Bulldog"

MC ... did you get his book?

?Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field??

 

[Mitchrapp]

May the legend rest in peace.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Aw, f*kk s**t.

 

[byco42]

The guy was a maverick. When he was competing for a roster spot with the Yankees in spring training of 1962, he was assigned #56, as all players were not guaranteed a roster spot were assigned higher numbers. (Numbers in the 50s were virtually non-existent). When he made the team, he was asked what number he wanted, and he kept #56, against all convention of the day.

 

[Michchamp]

"Smoke 'em inside, Bulldog"

MC ... did you get his book?

?Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field??

Yeah, I got it delivered last week. I got it used for pretty cheap.



But get this... turns out it's an autographed copy! I looked up his signature online, and it looks legit.

 

[byco42]

Yeah, I got it delivered last week. I got it used for pretty cheap.



But get this... turns out it's an autographed copy! I looked up his signature online, and it looks legit.

Wow ... that's neat! I'm reading two other baseball books, but I'll get to that one again soon.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Wow ... that's neat! I'm reading two other baseball books, but I'll get to that one again soon.

You?re going to read ?Ball Four? again?

Spoiler alert- Bouton isn?t dead at the end of the book.

 

[byco42]

You?re going to read ?Ball Four? again?

Spoiler alert- Bouton isn?t dead at the end of the book.

I haven't read it since 1971. And Bouton did "die" in the book when he was sent to the minors by the Pilots for a few weeks. "I died" was code for "I was demoted."