Jim Bouton is a former Major League Baseball player and the author of the controversial baseball book *Ball Four*, which was a combination diary of his 1969 season and memoir of his years with the New ...

Buy it here. 'Ball Four' by Jim Bouton (1970) This hilariously uncensored memoir by a fading athlete has next to nothing to do with music. But Bouton's struggle to survive in baseball while throwi ...

It's been about 45 years since former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton teamed up with independent league pitcher Rob Nelson to create Big League Chew as a healthy alternative to chewing tobacco.