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The View From Pluto: One Hot Summer and Two Books Paved a Sports Writer’s Path to the Big Leagues
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The View From Pluto: One Hot Summer and Two Books Paved a Sports Writer’s Path to the Big Leagues

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Former Major League Baseball pitcher and author Jim Bouton died last week at age 80. Bouton is most known for his controversial 1970 tell-all book, "Ball Four." It exposed what really happened in the locker room, from players getting drunk to popping amphetamines like candy. It became a best-seller. WKSU sports commentator Terry Pluto says the book, and one summer he spent with Bouton, launched his career. Ball Four breaks new ground "I was 15 when the book came out," Pluto said. "Bouton had been a very good pitcher with the New York Yankees in the early 1960s. By the late 60s, his arm is shot, and he's trying to learn a knuckle ball. He was bouncing from team to team, and he decided to keep a diary. "I remember one line from the book where he said, 'You get pounded on the mound and then the boys go out and pound the Budweiser.' And he would talk about how the guys would get bored in the bullpen, and they're looking up at the women in the stands." Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner at

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