false <![CDATA[Ball Four]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178136768m/762563.jpg 762563 9 As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he'd lose his cap on almost every pitch. In the early '70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider's takes on baseball life in <i>Ball Four,</i> his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton's honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game's corners. A quarter century later, Bouton's unique baseball voice can still bring the heat. 81719 book 1971 Ball Four total:719|5:249|4:300|3:143|2:24|1:3| 719 2925 937 108 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 16:38:49 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 13:56:09 -0700 2007 I can only hope there's someone who's as big a curmudgeon as Jim is in the big leagues now. ]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Apr 05 07:48:41 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 08:51:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Sep 08 19:04:09 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 19:06:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 10:28:30 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 18:11:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1971 Tue May 15 15:47:04 -0700 2007 Tue May 15 15:51:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:20:56 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 20:32:18 -0700 2009 Great Expectations definitely on the reading list, just waiting for you to tackle it and be stunned.

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