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Foul Ball

By: Jim Bouton
Narrated by: Jim Seybert, Lesa Lockford
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With his trademark wit and distinctive voice, legendary Ball Four author Jim Bouton recounts his battle against local elites' efforts to replace Wahconah Park, one of the oldest parks in the United States, against the wishes and votes of local citizens. But Foul Ball is more than just a lively romp about saving an old ballpark near Bouton's home in Massachusetts.

In a detailed diary—his first since Ball Four—Bouton takes us along on his wild ride into the teeth of corporate malfeasance, anti-democratic processes, the tyranny of a one-newspaper town, and the real reason why the good old boys wanted to build a new stadium. For the first time in two decades, enjoy Foul Ball as never before with freshly edited content and a new foreword from Jim Bouton's wife, Paula.

©2021 Jim Bouton (P)2021 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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Bouton's OTHER Gem of a Baseball Memoir

Jim Bouton's "Ball Four" is still regarded more than 50 years after its publication as perhaps the greatest sports memoir ever. The events in "Foul Ball" take place more than 30 years later, with Bouton retired in Western Massachusetts. He and a friend spearhead a campaign to save and renovate a historic ballpark, as opposed to building an $18 million new stadium. His intriguing journey takes him through small-city politics, independent league maneuvering, a massive environmental cover-up, and local media's conflicts of interest. Bouton, as usual, pulls no punches in his accounting of events. "Foul Ball," as "Ball Four" did before it, will make you cheer and jeer, laugh and cry, and -- most critically -- THINK.

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