“Gary Bell is nicknamed Ding Dong. Of course. What’s interesting about it is that “Ding Dong” is what the guys holler when somebody gets hit in the cup. The cups are metal inserts that fit inside the jock strap, and… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure I’m going to like Don Mincher. I keep hearing that big southern accent of his. It’s prejudice, I know, but every… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“Don’t ever think $7,000 isn’t a lot of money in baseball. I’ve had huge arguments over a lot less.” — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time. — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right? — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent,… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“Before the first workout, Joe Schultz, the manager (he’s out of the old school, I think, because he looks like he’s out of the… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“Sheldon Kopp, the author and psychologist, wrote, “There are no great men. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
“Doubleday’s First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
For a hundred years, the owners screwed the players. For 25 years, the players have screwed the owners-they've got 75 years to go. — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds. — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
