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“BALL FOUR | “BALL FOUR

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Jan.09.2013
The truth about athlete as role models occurred with the bombshell publication of Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four” in 1970.  The result was a diary of the 1969 season, in which the former star pitcher talked about drinking, drugs, sex and RACE, all subjects the liberal “clubhouse lawyer” had an axe to...