Jim Bouton has never been bashful. Neither was his brash best-seller, Ball Four, which reported on the off the field activities of baseball players in the 60s.

I spent a spring training rooming with Bouton in 1961 with the Yankees down in St. Petersburg, FL. And in 1964 I lockered next to him in Yankee Stadium, and admired his stance on many issues. He, for instance, was pushing the players to back bubble-gum manufacturer Bazooka, because they would be competition to the monopoly Topp’s bubble gum had at the time.

Bouton recently had an extensive interview in New York’s Village Voice. According to Bouton, the baseball steroid problem is indictive of the problem we now have in America. To read this story see: BOUTON

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