Jacob Shymanski

really did away with all that and just said, no, no, no.

Like, this is what we're really like.

But it wasn't the type of book.

It wasn't the type of memoir that was meant to be skating.

It wasn't attacking.

It wasn't a tell-all.

He was just telling a good story to kind of dovetail on what you were saying, Sarah.

He was just telling a good story for the sake of telling a good story.

And it just so happens that the characters in the story are real and they're also very flawed.

The player Jim Bouton was a relief pitcher and

In the 60s he played for the Yankees than a bunch of other teams but he wrote notes throughout one of his last seasons in baseball and Those notes got turned into this actually pretty lengthy memoir I think the audiobook is like 16 17 hours and he is such a character for a memoir that's told like in real time essentially and

um he has so much personality he's very much a smart ass he thinks he's the smartest person in the room and he kind of like you can tell he kind of thinks other people are kind of dumb he's sort of he respects people in his own way i'll put it that way but he's very funny super observant very irreverent he loves baseball but is very self-aware of the absurdity that these dudes are making tons of money even back in 70 these dudes are making tons of money

Throwing a ball around and for the most part just standing around in a field being born Yeah Ramya, I feel like you would really enjoy the book It's full of hilarious stories and you don't need to love baseball to enjoy it Obviously you would get more out of it if you're a baseball fan But this is really about people and he talks about things like, you know what does it like to get traded from another team like as a player and

And there's so many fascinating anecdotes and stories about negotiations and players getting traded and what it feels like to be in a losing streak and the absurd hijinks that players get to and how they're like all perverts and all taking drugs.

It's a wild book just full of amazing anecdotes.

And to this day, Jim Boughton is kind of a legend because of how real he was around the world of baseball.

He's also kind of reviled by a lot of baseball elitists for having ruined the image of baseball.

So this book has a lot of clout.

That's Ball Four by Jim Boughton.

Amazing audiobook, beautifully narrated.