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Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies

Jim Bouton, former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book 'Ball Four,' dies at 80

jim bouton - ABC News
7:00am PDT - July 11th, 2019

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jim bouton - Fox Sports
12:43am PDT - July 11th, 2019

Former New York Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author Jim Bouton dies aged 80 after dementia battle

Former baseball star Jim Bouton died at his home in Massachusetts on Wednesday at the age of 80. He had been in hospice care for weeks battling a brain disease linked to dementia.

jim bouton - Daily Mail
8:06pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, whose 'Ball Four' demythologized baseball, dies at 80

"Ball Four" destroyed the myth of baseball as a wholesome pursuit of God-fearing, milk-drinking young men and made Jim Bouton a literary star.

jim bouton - NBC News
7:44pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, Yankees pitcher whose 'Ball Four' blew the whistle on baseball, dies at 80

"Ball Four" destroyed the myth of baseball as a wholesome pursuit of God-fearing, milk-drinking young men and made Jim Bouton a literary star.

jim bouton - NBC News
7:44pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and tell-all author, dead at 80

Jim Bouton, the former Yankees pitcher and tell-all author, has died at the age of 80, according to multiple reports.

jim bouton - Fox News
7:22pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Former NY Yankee Jim Bouton, who exposed MLB's warts with book 'Ball Four', dead at 80

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 - CBC News
7:19pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Former big-leaguer Jim Bouton, author of groundbreaking 'Ball Four,' dies at 80

Former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton, whose irreverent, raunchy baseball memoir, "Ball Four," attracted both hostility and acclaim, died on Wednesday at his home in Massachusetts, according to media reports. He was 80.

jim bouton - Reuters
7:13pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Former big-leaguer Jim Bouton, author of groundbreaking 'Ball Four,' dies at 80

Former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton, whose irreverent, raunchy baseball memoir, "Ball Four," attracted both hostility and acclaim, died on Wednesday at his home in Massachusetts, according to media reports. He was 80.

jim bouton - Reuters
7:13pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80

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 at 80

jim bouton - Fox Sports
7:10pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, former pitcher, "Ball Four" author, dies at 80

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 at 80

jim bouton - USA Today
7:10pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, former Yankees pitcher who shocked the baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died at 80

Jim Bouton, former Yankees pitcher who shocked the baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died at 80

jim bouton - Fox Sports
7:03pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, 'Ball Four' author and former Yankees pitcher, dies at 80

JIm Bouton, whose controversial book "Ball Four" exposed the personal lives of his baseball teammates, died Wednesday, his wife Paula Kurman said. He was 80.

jim bouton - CNN
6:48pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Jim Bouton, Author of Tell-All Baseball Memoir ‘Ball Four,’ Dies at 80

A pitcher who had modest success with the Yankees in the 1960s, Bouton revealed the seamier side of baseball in a book that was a best seller.

jim bouton - The New York Times
6:06pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

Former Yankees Pitcher, 'Ball Four' Author Jim Bouton Dies at Age 80

Former MLB pitcher Jim Bouton, who wrote the critically acclaimed and controversial Ball Four that detailed his 1969 season, passed away Wednesday at the age of 80...

jim bouton - Bleacher Report
5:37pm PDT - July 10th, 2019

4 of 5 stars to Ball Four by Jim Bouton https://t.co/UWrOEmuz41

King Al (@wigwam2theorem)
7:40pm PDT - July 3rd, 2023

RIP to @MarvinKitman . I read George Washington's Expense Account and Number One Best Seller when I was very young, & it was a revelation that "adult" books could be so funny. His Ball Four project w/Jim Bouton teamed 2 of my favorite people. https://t.co/7hSPX16wGH

David Stewart (@DavidSt66250204)
8:45pm PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Below, yours truly, watching the July 3, 2004 vintage game at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park; in later innings, I would do colo…

Steve Butts (@SteveB5477)
12:36pm PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

CornellHockeyFan (@fan_cornell)
10:59am PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Below, yours truly, watching the July 3, 2004 vintage game at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park; in later innings, I would do colo…

Robert⚾ (@Robert57x)
9:46am PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Below, yours truly, watching the July 3, 2004 vintage game at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park; in later innings, I would do colo…

Russell A. Davidson (@davidsonra)
9:44am PDT - June 30th, 2023
Below, yours truly, watching the July 3, 2004 vintage game at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park; in later innings, I would do color with Bill Lee (batting vs Jim Bouton) for @espn. Photographs by pal Ray Shaw. Writing about Jim, a Seattle Pilot, today for MLB's #AllStarGame Media Guide. https://t.co/0Rl9fdyZRk

Below, yours truly, watching the July 3, 2004 vintage game at Pittsfield's Wahconah Park; in later innings, I would do color with Bill Lee (batting vs Jim Bouton) for @espn. Photographs by pal Ray Shaw. Writing about Jim, a Seattle Pilot, today for MLB's #AllStarGame Media Guide. https://t.co/0Rl9fdyZRk

John Thorn (@thorn_john)
9:28am PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

USAF Mike (@MikeFly90329717)
4:34am PDT - June 30th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

John Quinn (@johnquinn83)
7:36pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

Young Ideas (@DickYoungsGhost)
6:22pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

Stuart Rosenthal (@sturosen5)
6:20pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

E. J. McCarthy (@ejmccarthy)
5:54pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball)
5:45pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @DickYoungsGhost: One of the quirks in the quirky life of the late @newsday tv critic Marvin Kitman is that he hooked up with fellow Leo…

Keane (@kranepool)
5:44pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

RT @thorn_john: Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he c…

Stu Shinske (@stushin)
5:43pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

Hail and farewell, Marvin Kitman. I knew him from my years at The New Leader (1969-1973). What I did not know was that he collaborated with my future friend Jim Bouton on the short-lived tv show, Ball Four. https://t.co/8cuEDyKSNt

John Thorn (@thorn_john)
5:41pm PDT - June 29th, 2023

Jim Bouton Paul O’Neill “Godzilla” Matsui Those three were always interesting. Bouton was a great author (as was his co-writer Leonard Shecter). https://t.co/pgtSf98npy

tripgreat (@tripgreat)
5:50pm PDT - June 2nd, 2023

Jim Bouton without the wit! https://t.co/vdAhihEJfe

Bill Borst (@Savant28)
1:54pm PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Brian Murphy (@murphmedia_)
11:57am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Talking ‘Bout My Generation: TheBoomerExperience (@OlderTodayDave)
9:31am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Frank Delonjay (@DadooFrank)
8:12am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Kalwinder Singh Dhindsa (@KhalSir)
6:12am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Michael Saindon (@5stringfiend)
5:29am PDT - June 2nd, 2023

RT @HonestLarry1: On this date in 1970, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn reprimands Houston Astros pitcher Jim Bouton for writing his memoir "Ba…

Dennis Peck …. (@jwish163)
4:38am PDT - June 2nd, 2023