WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!: 1970 FANTASY JIM BOUTON

Tobacco Cards – Page 3 – SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee

June, 2019

Rich Reminisces: “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton

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The beloved baseball classic now available in paperback, with a new foreword from Jim Bouton's wife, Paula Kurman. When Ball Four was first published in 1970, it hit the sports world like a lightning bolt. Commissioners, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and social leper. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And serious critics called it an important social document.

Ball Four: The Final Pitch [Book]

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WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!: 1970 FANTASY JIM BOUTON

1969–1980 – Page 13 – SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee

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