RIP Jim Bouton

[tedzan]

Hi Jeff

I really enjoyed your story (post #3), thanks for sharing it with us.

1963 was a banner year for Jim (21-7), including the 22-inning game in which Jim shut-out Detroit in the final 7 innings to win it for the Yankees.
Check-it-out..... https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june...22-inning-game

Also, I would tune into WABC radio when your Talk show was on. Your radio shows were very, very interesting.

GOD Bless Jim's soul, and comfort his family.






TED Z
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[Leon]

Nice thread....Thanks for sharing, Jeff et al.. And may Jim rest in peace.

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[1952boyntoncollector]

it always seems knuckleballers (whether used in part or whole career ) have a personality..

[brian1961]

Thanks for taking the time to share your story about Jim Bouton, Jeff. I loved it. Beautiful.

I remember Jim and Mickey Mantle patched things up between them after Jim and his wife lost their son, who was very young, and Jim reached out to Mickey, who'd just lost his middle child, Billy, to Hodgkin's Disease, in March, 1994.

---Brian Powell

[Fred]

I remember reading Ball Four in the 70s. I thought it was a fantastically funny baseball book. It's still one of my favorite books, baseball or otherwise (I've read a lot of books, at least 10 or 11...).

RIP Jim Bouton - he made a lot of people laugh with that book.