Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:10 AM
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Kyle Reads: Ball Four
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:10 AM
Due to my deteriorating mental health, i think I need comedy
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:11 AM
I know next to nothing about baseball, and only own this book due my father's recommendation and the fact it is mentioned once in The Stand
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:12 AM
Dad bought me this as a gift after i said I would give it a try. So... here i am
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:16 AM
Also damn dad, i open this thing and it's a SIGNED copy.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 2:24 PM
"I think that we are all better off looking across at someone rather than up."
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:01 PM
this is really well put
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:02 PM
Pumpqueen Fall
replace "man" with "woman" and "financial security" with "health stability"
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:30 PM
Yessir
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:38 PM
"He had a boarding school accent that always made me feel like my fly was open or something"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:40 PM
"The bastards really fight you" (on salary). Holy moly he wasn't kidding
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:41 PM
Bouton has a really good grasp on how people sound and vocal mannerisms
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:42 PM
How Ralph Houk keeps calling him "podner" as he keeps trying to hand him rip off salary
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:43 PM
Calling up the owner while he's on his yacht to ask for salary input sounds infuriating
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:44 PM
legit
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:46 PM
"And then Houk said something that sounded like
rowrrorrowrowrr.
you ever hear a Lion grumble?"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:50 PM
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:50 PM
NOOOO HE BROKE.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 3:50 PM
Damn he even realizes and admits it now he blew it
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 4:14 PM
Guy shouts.
Gets shouted back.
"Alright alright, no use getting all hot about it"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 4:48 PM
sounds fun
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 4:50 PM
"You could always tell how you were doing by the way The Colonel said good morning." Geez
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 5:56 PM
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 7:18 PM
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 7:34 PM
For better or worse, i am now aware of "beaver shooting"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 7:34 PM
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Sep 4, 2023 8:48 PM
WAT
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Sep 5, 2023 2:49 AM
"It's prejudice i know, but every time i hear a southern accent i think: stupid." This book is
Pumpqueen Fall
's. It was made for her
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Sep 5, 2023 5:46 AM
rofl
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Sep 5, 2023 5:46 AM
I mean I am very fond of the Lenny Dykestra memoir
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Sep 5, 2023 5:47 AM
and Babe Ruth's biography was got me into biographies as a kid
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 2:20 PM
this is much more than a baseball book
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 3:15 PM
true
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 6:20 PM
The Harmonica incident is funny but aggravating
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 6:30 PM
"' shitfuck', he said, using one of his favorite words ('fuckshit' is the other)."
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 6:57 PM
oh shit.
the story when the manager orders him too hit the batter with the ball
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 7:04 PM
The entire beanball/chin music chapter is real
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 7:04 PM
I really appreciate this book. It's superb to read for the human factor
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 7:23 PM
"My wile actually believes that it's possible, through concentration, to transfer strength from one person to another. She believes that during the game she transferred her strength to me and I pitched well. She is, of course, a nut."
urse, a nut.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 7:23 PM
It's me cc and writing
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Sep 6, 2023 11:14 PM
"No baseball uniforms fit, possibly because you are carefully measured for them." -i felt this so hard
Whatson
@kopperhed
Thu, Sep 7, 2023 2:22 PM
"Maybe... the great cross of man is to repeat the mistakes of all men"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Thu, Sep 7, 2023 2:41 PM
How could anyone ever tell a boy who's saying how cool you are to "take a hike, kid"?
Pumpqueen Fall
@silverwolfcc
Sat, Sep 9, 2023 11:27 AM
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Gets shouted back.
"Alright alright, no use getting all hot about it"
urse, a nut.