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Jim Bouton
Hey Jim I just finished reading your book Foul Ball. I enjoyed reading it but had some trtouble following all of the weird characters that you ran into. Compared to Ball Four it was a lot more complicated story.
On several occasions in the 50's, I was privileged to have dinner with your grand parents. They were friends of my in-laws, and my wife and I were invited along for dinner. Your grand father was interested in my career since I had recently graduated from Rutgers as an electrical engineer.
Of interest, my brother Bob who was a policeman in Nutley, N.J., would assist Yogi Berra in giving out Christmas presents to the kids at the Italian Orphanage in Nutley. He has fond memories of those occasions. He never did say who dressed up as Santa Clause.
Our home in Nutley backed up to a larger home on the next block that raised chickens. One of their star borders during baseball seasons was Red Rolfe, who played third base for the Yankees in the 30s.
The church that we attended was St Thomas the Apostle which was in Bloomfield. One of the parishioners was a pitcher for the Yankees named Hank Borowy. The priest every Sunday would announce at mass whether Borowy won or lost during the week.
Of course as you knew Gill McDoughal either owned or rented a home in Nutley during the playing season. Those were the days with Yankees all around us; I was still a New York Giant rooter. To spread the love around, my brother John rooted for the Yankees and my brother Bob for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Bill Schwarze


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Foul Ball My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark Plus Part Two Jim Bouton 9781592288670 Books Reviews

Fight on Jim. Bouton delivers a great book. Well written, darkly humorous, and important. Another one of kind baseball book, as well as an exposé of small town corruption involving big business.
Hard read. Certainly not Ball Four
It's hard to distinguish between "reality" and the description of perceptions by Mr. Bouton. I have no doubt he tells the truth, but the "truth as he sees it, which may or may not be as it really was. Many thoughts, descriptions, and conclusions go without checking with the source of the cause of the assumptions. It is an interesting description, and if totally true and verifiable, is an awful depiction of small town politics and life. However, I hold my assumptions in the background, and wonder, "what if he had asked..." the "big, bad, mayor" of the town, or the City Parks Commissioners. Not to mention the vilification of the news media. Mr. Bouton brings his own personal baggage to the book, which he somehow fails to consider, that "maybe some of my perceptions are colored by my personal mistrust from my previous book," where he rats out baseball's big names. That book may have caused others to be wary of his intentions and motives, therefore, not willing to trust him or his goals.
Read for a second time after reading it originally when it first came out. A timeless book.
Jim Bouton does not pull any punches. He inspired many to want to be professional baseball players with Ballfour and will inspire many to stay away from small town politics with Foul ball.
First, this is NOT a sequel to Ball Four. What it is, is a very interesting story about Jim Bouton and friend and their efforts to wade through local politics in order to preserve and operate an old ballpark. It is well written and full of interesting characters, as interesting as the Seattle Pilots of long ago.

It may not focus on baseball, but it's still Jim Bouton writing with passion an wit and honesty.
This is the story how the iconoclast Bouton, tries to keep baseball in Pittsfield for the love of the game and for the people of Pittsfield, but also how the local pols thwart him along the way because there's not enough in it for them, and not the folks they claim to represent. After "Ball Four", this is a more than worthy followup! It's sad, and funny and worth every minute of your time.
Jim Bouton
Hey Jim I just finished reading your book Foul Ball. I enjoyed reading it but had some trtouble following all of the weird characters that you ran into. Compared to Ball Four it was a lot more complicated story.
On several occasions in the 50's, I was privileged to have dinner with your grand parents. They were friends of my in-laws, and my wife and I were invited along for dinner. Your grand father was interested in my career since I had recently graduated from Rutgers as an electrical engineer.
Of interest, my brother Bob who was a policeman in Nutley, N.J., would assist Yogi Berra in giving out Christmas presents to the kids at the Italian Orphanage in Nutley. He has fond memories of those occasions. He never did say who dressed up as Santa Clause.
Our home in Nutley backed up to a larger home on the next block that raised chickens. One of their star borders during baseball seasons was Red Rolfe, who played third base for the Yankees in the 30s.
The church that we attended was St Thomas the Apostle which was in Bloomfield. One of the parishioners was a pitcher for the Yankees named Hank Borowy. The priest every Sunday would announce at mass whether Borowy won or lost during the week.
Of course as you knew Gill McDoughal either owned or rented a home in Nutley during the playing season. Those were the days with Yankees all around us; I was still a New York Giant rooter. To spread the love around, my brother John rooted for the Yankees and my brother Bob for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Bill Schwarze