His words, both spoken and written, got him in trouble almost from the day he set foot in a Major League clubhouse at the age ...

Jim Bouton, the sore-armed pitcher for the New York Yankees and other teams whose "Ball Four" is widely considered the most important book about American sports ever written, died Wednesday, Major ...

Former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton, who authored the book "Ball Four," has died at the age of 80 at his home in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Bouton's family said he died Wednesday at the Great ...

Former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton has died at 80 after a battle with dementia. The New York Daily News first reported his death. His wife Paula Kurman confirmed the news to the Washington ...

On Sunday, September 10, 1978, Jim Bouton took the mound for the Atlanta Braves against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bouton was thirty-nine years old and hadn’t pitched in the majors in eight seasons. He ...

Jim Bouton, a once-promising pitcher with the New York Yankees who found greater fame as the author of “Ball Four,” an irreverent, best-selling book that angered baseball’s hierarchy and changed the ...

Jim Bouton, whose groundbreaking book Ball Four was one of the first tell-all books in sports, has died at age 80. He passed today in Massachusetts from a brain disease linked to dementia. Bouton had ...

Jim Bouton, a 21-game winner for the New York Yankees in 1963 and author of the best-selling Major League tell-all book “Ball Four,” died Wednesday. He was 80. News spread quickly on the internet and ...

Former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton signs copies of his book, Ball Four: The Final Pitch in 2000. (Tim Boyle / Newsmakers) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To ...

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