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George II

(67,782 posts) Thu Jul 11, 2019, 10:53 PM Jul 2019

Jim Bouton, one of my favorite Yankees pitchers in the 1960s, passed away yesterday....

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Jim Bouton, one of my favorite Yankees pitchers in the 1960s, passed away yesterday.... (Original Post) George II Jul 2019 OP

I remember him n/t lordsummerisle Jul 2019 #1

I remember him too and read his baseball tell-all book "Ball Four" lapucelle Jul 2019 #2

I met him a couple of times GP6971 Jul 2019 #3

Also helped promote vintage baseball Bradshaw3 Jul 2019 #4

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts)

1. I remember him n/t

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 11:05 PM

Jul 2019

lapucelle

(18,252 posts)

2. I remember him too and read his baseball tell-all book "Ball Four"

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 11:22 PM

Jul 2019

Remember the weirdness with Fritz Peterson and Mike Keckich swapping families? Bouton wrote about it at length.

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20130126/SPORTS/812038393

GP6971

(31,146 posts)

3. I met him a couple of times

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Fri Jul 12, 2019, 12:09 AM

Jul 2019

as he was from my hometown. In 71 and 72 he occasionally pitched in our local Connie Mack team. We all ran over to the field when on breaks and lunch just to watch him. Awesome pitcher.

Bradshaw3

(7,520 posts)

4. Also helped promote vintage baseball

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Fri Jul 12, 2019, 01:45 AM

Jul 2019

Bouton helped form the Vintage Base Ball Federation and was an early supporter of the sport that promotes baseball as it was orginally played, with the ideals of sportsmanship.

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