{"product_id":"bouton-the-life-of-a-baseball-original-paperback-1","title":"Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Nathanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eSports Collectors Digest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 2020 Summer Reading List \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939-2019) was the sports world's deceptive revolutionary. Underneath the crew cut and behind the all-American boy-next-door good looks lurked a maverick with a signature style. Whether it was his frank talk about player salaries and mistreatment by management, his passionate advocacy of progressive politics, or his efforts to convince the United States to boycott the 1968 Olympics, Bouton confronted the conservative sports world and compelled it to catch up with a rapidly changing American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBouton: The Life of a Baseball Original\u003c\/i\u003e, Mitchell Nathanson gives readers a look at Bouton's remarkable life. He tells the unlikely story of how Bouton's \u003ci\u003eBall Four\u003c\/i\u003e, perhaps the greatest baseball book of all time, came into being, how it was received, and how it forever changed the way we view not only sports books but professional sports as a whole. Based on wide-ranging interviews Nathanson conducted with Bouton, family, friends, and others, he provides an intimate, inside account of Bouton's life. Nathanson provides insight as to why Bouton saw the world the way he did, why he was so different from the thousands of players who came before him, and how, in the cliquey, cold, bottom-line world of professional baseball, Bouton managed to be both an insider and an outsider all at once. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell Nathanson\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of law in the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at the Villanova University School of Law. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA People's History of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the 1977 Phillies: How a Baseball Team's Collapse Sank a City's Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52464544219443,"sku":"9781496229854","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Sk1hRlpHUWlzYVpBY2gwSnNQM0ZBUT09_d71fb89b-6802-4e02-b68b-cadb8ce1840d.webp?v=1759254997","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/bouton-the-life-of-a-baseball-original-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}