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Jim Bouton Dead: Ex-Yankees And 'Ball Four' Author Broke Sports Taboos Was 80 – Deadline
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Former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton, author of 'Ball Four,' dies at 80 - Newsday
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Jim Bouton - Last Word On Baseball
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton. When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports
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Ball Four: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
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SportsReport: Federer, Nadal Advance At Wimbledon; Jim Bouton Dies
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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, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies
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Jim Bouton, Baseball Wiki
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Nemesis: The pitcher with the book on Hank Aaron was baseball's literary pioneer - The Athletic