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Jim Bouton Biography

James Alan Bouton (/ˈbaʊtn/; born March 8, 1939) is an American retired professional baseball player. Bouton played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978. He has also been a best-selling author, actor, activist, sportscaster and one of the creators of Big League Chew.

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The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

Baseball, New York Yankees, Older, Yankees, Younger

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.

Hundred, Player, Players, Screwed, Years

Opening day -- or Opening Day. Depending on how you feel about it.

Day, Depending, How You Feel, Opening, Opening Day

It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.

Apologize, Apologizing, Hurt, Hurts, Mean

Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.

Billy, Knocked, Look Up, Looks, People

How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?

Come, Competition, Fighting, Nobody, Right, Want

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Baseball, Field, Men, Penalized, Sports, Teamwork

We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.

Animal, Animals, Compared, Like, Player, Yankees

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, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher.

Business, Counselor, Funny, People, Sore, Wife

Jim Pagliaroni joined the club tonight and is going to be a welcome addition. He was describing a girl that one of the ballplayers had been out with and said, “It's hard to say exactly what she looked like. She was kind of Joe Torre with tits. ” This joke can only be explained with a picture of Joe Torre. But I'm not sure any exist. He dissolves camera lenses.

Cameras, Describing, Girl, Hard, Joe, Lenses

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 tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game. "

Ball, Men, Powerful, Sandy, Strong

A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents what they do. The only nice thing about it is that you get to wear a uniform like everbody else.

Ashamed, Long, Nice, Yankees

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

Baseball, Guarantee, Pitcher, Take, Winning, Years

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

Base, Baseball, Interesting, Statistics

Forget goals. Value the process.

Forget, Fortune Cookie, Goal, Process, Value

You're only as smart as your ERA.

Era, Eras, Smart

You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time.

Baseball, Deal, Good, Gripping, Sports, Success