Jim Bouton Quote

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


Ball four: my life and hard times throwing the knuckleball in the Big Leagues (ed. Dell Pub Co, 1970)


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

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

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

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