This one hurts. Ball Four was a book that changed my reading life, as an 11-year-old in 1973. Somewhere in the archives is my review of Home Games, written by Bobbie Bouton, and a necessary counterpoint to her husband's book. Look for it. RIP Jim Bouton, and thanks. I think it was David Halberstam who said that Ball Four was about baseball like Moby Dick was about whaling.