Jim Bouton

...a double to the slumping Nick Swisher. That was followed by a run-scoring single by Pettitte, marking the first time since 1964 that a Yankees pitcher recorded an RBI (Jim Bouton against the Cardinals). Two more runs came in nearly...

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...the fifth was driven in by Pettitte, of all people. It was the first World Series RBI by a Yankee pitcher since Jim Bouton had one in Game 6 against the St. Louis Cardinals on Oct. 14, 1964. The day before, Pettitte, who rarely bats because...

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...a game-tying single to center. The RBI was the first by a Yankees pitcher in the World Series since Jim Bouton had one against the Cardinals in 1964, several years before the designated hitter was introduced. Pettitte now has three hits in...

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...who did it 45 years ago: Jim Bouton, the author of "Ball Four. " The Yankees were down, 1-0, to the Cardinals in Game 6 when Bouton came up in the fifth inning. Tom Tresh was at third base with two outs. With St. Louis's Curt Simmons...

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...major league managers, he wrote that Keane seemed to be in awe of the Yankees, and that he underestimated the problems the team faced; Bouton felt that the immense pressure and stress of managing the Yankees through their inevitable collapse...

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