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New! Baseball's Jim Bouton and “Ball Four” at the Library
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Jim Bouton, baseball pitcher whose 'Ball Four' gave irreverent peek inside the game, dies at 80 - The Washington Post
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Jim Bouton, Ball Four author and former MLB pitcher, passes away at 80
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Late Jim Bouton remembered for Yankees and 'Ball Four' fame, but it was Portland that fueled his comeback
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Jim Bouton, author of tell-all Baseball memoir 'Ball Four,' dies at 80
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Jim Bouton, Baseball Wiki
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Baseball and literary legend Jim Bouton has died - NBC Sports
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Legacy of 'Ball Four' lives on at Museum
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Ball Four at 50 and the Legacy of Jim Bouton – Society for American Baseball Research
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Jim Bouton, Author of Tell-All Baseball Memoir 'Ball Four,' Dies at 80 - The New York Times
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Sex, drugs and baseball: 'Ball Four' author Jim Bouton died 50 years after the Seattle Pilots' only season
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Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author Jim Bouton dies at 80 – New York Daily News
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Bouton, ex-Yankee and 'Ball Four' author, dies - ESPN
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Jim Bouton, 'Ball Four' author and former Yankees pitcher, dies at 80