Purported to be a diary of his 1969 season with the expansion Seattle Pilots, “Ball Four” was so much more than that and revered as a shocking exposè for its time, long before the days of Page Six and TMZ. That alone should tell you how compelling and shocking to the system Bouton’s tell-all tome was to Major League Baseball and its hierarchy and traditions. Pete Rose yelled at him from the dugout the following season “F–k you, Shakespeare!” Here is our first book offering: BALL FOUR, by Jim Bouton, 1970Ĭommissioner Bowie Kuhn was so furious that he wanted Jim Bouton to dissociate himself with his own irreverent autobiography. The movie that will keep you from missing America's pastimeĭuring the coronavirus shutdown, each day we will bring you a recommendation from The Post’s Peter Botte for a sports movie, TV show or book that perhaps was before your time or somehow slipped between the cracks of your viewing/reading history. Tune into Michael Jordan’s Looney basketball adventure Simpson saga with this all-time documentary
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