That's the last line of Ball Four.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 9:24amHe was like the Bill Lee of the Yankees—guys who love the game, hate the owners and administrators. I came across a wonderful line of his from Ball Four in one of the obit stories: "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."WestwayKid wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 9:16amThe BEST baseball book ever written and one of the coolest guys to ever put on a uniform.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jul 2019, 6:32amJim Bouton, author of the still excellent Ball Four and inventor of Big League Chew.
I play vintage base ball and when we first formed our team - our captain reached out to Bouton (who was big into vintage ball) and had a really interesting conversation with him about the game. Guy was super passionate about baseball.
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Yippie Paul Krassner, 87.
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Gaz or Phil
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101Walterton wrote: ↑23 Jul 2019, 8:03amGaz or Phil
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David Hedison, the best Felix Leiter in the 007 series. Featured in Live and Let Die and Licence To Kill.
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He played the fly in The Fly.
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Rutger Hauer, 75
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I'll miss him.
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...er...
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