RFI: Trashy Baseball Autobiographies

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I love me some tawdry tales penned by celebs (just ask the staff at Fez). Previously I have limited myself to actors and musicians, but surely there must be some trashy ones written by athletes.

So last week I found one in the 40 cent bin at the Strand: "Joe, You Coulda made Us Proud" by Joe Pepitone. On a whim I bought and boy, is it paydirt. It is sooooo dirty.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 02:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never read it, but David Wells' autobio pissed off a lot of the right people, though ironically at his own expense.

― Leee Majors (Leee), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 04:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Ball Four, Ball Four, Ball Four, Ball Four

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

(Jim Bouton's memoir from his season with the Seattle Pilots expansion team, great stuff about coming up with the Yankees in the early '60s before blowing his arm out and becoming a knuckleballer.)

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 19 February 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks, I will check these out!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 20 February 2004 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

The Ticked Out about Strawberry's high school team. Not really trashy or autobiographical judging from the review I read, but it seems to be well received. What think you all?

― Vitamin Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I was in that old used bookstore on broadway in north beach in the super secret upstairs level and found rick dempsey's autobiography ("a laugh a minute") but i forgot to buy it ($.99).

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

oh boy, I can't wait to get my new library card.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(Alas, the Ramapo Catskill library system does not carry Hardball)

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 23:42 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

ball four was indeed great, thank you mookieproof (and KT) for the recs.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

One of the most profane is supposed to be Lenny Dykstra's "Nails."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

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