Jim Bouton died last week. 80. He had a couple of great years with the New York Yankees in the early 60's.
Jim Bouton is best known for writing an inside baseball book called "Ball Four." I read it. I loved it.
On the other hand...
I don't know if they still do, but baseball clubhouses had a sign, which read "What you see here, what you hear here, what you say here, STAYS HERE."
Jim Bouton betrayed a trust. Yes, it was just tales of drinking and carousing. Worse things have been said and done, written about, gossiped about...
"Ball Four" was written and published a very long time ago. Time passes. Sins forgiven.
It's still a tough one.