“The only member of the team nobody liked was our 6 o’clock sports guy, a fellow named Howard Cosell. “Monday Night Football” was just getting started and Howard was annoyed at having to be on the same news with mere… — 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
