Ball Four Summary and Reviews

Ball Four
by Jim Bouton

Ball Four
List Price: $15.95
Our Price: $3.87
You Save: $12.08 (76%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.90 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: Jim Bouton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1990-07-12
ISBN: 0020306652
Number of pages: 465
Publisher: Wiley

Book Reviews of Ball Four

Book Review: The Original and still the BEST "inside baseball" book.
Summary: 5 Stars

I have probably read this book cover to cover 20 times, and leafed through it to read passages another 50 more. Jim Bouton blew the lid off baseball with this truly inside view of baseball's salary negotions, horny players, "annies", etc. His timing was socially relevent as well, as this was written during the infancy of the black power movement, the players union and free angency. No other baseball book has ever approached this one in terms of inside poop on stars, political insight, out and out laughs, and historical perspective. This book has given more references to myself and my friends' lexicons than any other.

Biographies & Memoirs Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in More Than Just Baseball Books
Game of My Life: 20 Stories of Yankees Baseball ImageGame of My Life: 20 Stories of Yankees Baseball
by Dave Buscema
Sports Publishing LLC; Published: 2004-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: $24.95
Yankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes ImageYankee for Life: My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes
by Bobby Murcer, Glen Waggoner
Harper; Published: 2008-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Good Rat: A True Story ImageThe Good Rat: A True Story
by Jimmy Breslin
Ecco; Published: 2008-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.73
Price in other shops: $24.95
The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball ImageThe Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball
by Frank Deford
Sourcebooks Landmark; Published: 2008-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops: $14.95
Tim McCarver's Diamond Gems ImageTim McCarver's Diamond Gems
by Tim McCarver
McGraw-Hill; Published: 2008-02-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.93
Price in other shops: $24.95
Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro ImageTim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
by Tim Mccarver, Danny Peary
Villard; Published: 1999-03-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.04
Price in other shops: $15.00
Ball Four ImageBall Four
by Jim Bouton
Wiley; Published: 1990-07-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.41
Price in other shops: $15.95
Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head---My 25 Years in Baseball ImageIs This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head---My 25 Years in Baseball
by Tim Kurkjian
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2008-05-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.83
Price in other shops: $14.95
Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball ImageVindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball
by Jose Canseco
Simon Spotlight Entertainment; Published: 2008-03-26; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.24
Price in other shops: $25.95
Once Upon a Fastball ImageOnce Upon a Fastball
by Bob Mitchell
Kensington; Published: 2008-05-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.65
Price in other shops: $20.00
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires ImageAs They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires
by Bruce Weber
Scribner; Published: 2009-03-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.50
Price in other shops: $26.00
Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports ImageGame of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports
by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams
Gotham; Published: 2007-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.46
Price in other shops: $15.00
Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty ImageBoys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
by Jeff Pearlman
Harper; Published: 2008-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.49
Price in other shops: $25.95
A False Spring ImageA False Spring
by Pat Jordan
Bison Books; Published: 2005-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.69
Price in other shops: $17.95
The Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It ImageThe Glory of Their Times : The Story of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It
by Lawrence S. Ritter
Harper Paperbacks; Published: 1992-03-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.98
Price in other shops: $14.95
Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark, Plus Part Two ImageFoul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark, Plus Part Two
by Jim Bouton
The Lyons Press; Published: 2005-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.73
Price in other shops: $17.95
The Boys of Summer ImageThe Boys of Summer
by Roger Kahn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2006-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.84
Price in other shops: $14.95
The Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees ImageThe Bronx Zoo: The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees
by Sparky Lyle, Peter Golenbock
Triumph Books (IL); Published: 2005-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.16
Price in other shops: $14.95
The Yankee Years ImageThe Yankee Years
by Joe Torre, Tom Verducci
Doubleday; Published: 2009-02-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $15.00
Price in other shops: $26.95
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game ImageMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
W.W. Norton & Co.; Published: 2004-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.42
Price in other shops: $13.95