I just downloaded the audio book. Sounds interesting. Any good?

it was revolutionary for it's time. not sure how it reads now.

i should give it a re-read.

About 30 years ago. Now it would be tame. Mickey Mantle liked to drink and fuck, and some players didn't like their teammates.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Itz good. He's an asshole, but it's a good book.

He made an appearance in that Battered Bastards of Baseball movie, which was unexpected but cool.

I enjoyed it. Definitely worth reading.

Shitfuck and fuckshit were phrases I started using after reading that book.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Read it in high school. I thought it was great.

I read it in high school, there had been an update around 1980 and I read it my freshman year of 85. I enjoyed it.

is the audio book free?

I’m impartial to Ball Four, Strike Three! by Dick Stockton.

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Julio Jorge

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Audible gives you one free book when you sign up.

^^^This.

Iirc there was an afterward that described the anger and resentment of his teammates about the book. And how relatively tame the stories seemed in retrospect.

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Is it better than Ball One by John Kruk?

I started it today and he's mentioned Lou Piniella a few times already as being a grumpy young player. Nothing changed I guess. LOL