![]() ![]() Graciously, Bouton made the mistake of giving his editor credit on the cover, and as a result had to endure charges that he hadn't even written the book himself.Īt the very least, "Foul Ball" should lay that vile old canard to rest. An eminently rereadable masterpiece, "Ball Four" became so influential that the New York Public Library named it one of its 204 "books of the century." It remains the best book around to hook a baseball-mad boy on reading.īecause it tipped over a lot of sacred cows, "Ball Four" also made enemies left and right. ![]() ![]() Readers are therefore heartily urged to eliminate the middleman and buy a copy (or two) of Jim Bouton's self-published but widely available new memoir, the delightfully funny, bittersweet and altogether engaging "Foul Ball."īouton, remember, is the former Yankee who wrote "Ball Four: My Life and Hard Times Throwing the Knuckleball in the Big Leagues," a diary of his 1969 season pitching for the Houston Astros and the hapless Seattle Pilots. ![]() Then, if there's cab fare left over, maybe the writer gets a piece - minus expenses, of course. A goodly cut of the money will always go to the publisher, which in most cases means either a foreign corporation such as Bertelsmann or a transnational one such as AOL Time Warner. Buying most books is an exercise in enriching Peter to thank Paul. ![]()
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