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Jim Bouton

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bouton

Sports

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For a long time, you think you are the one controlling the baseball, focusing on holding and throwing it. But in reality, the experience of the game and the ball itself shape how you play and what you learn.

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