Patience is a virtueĪ recent public hearing before the West Springfield Planning Board became heated when one of the developers of a 65-unit age-restricted condo project lashed out because of what he said were unnecessary delays to the permitting process. (Sal Veder/AP) Jim dreams in baseball, Paula Kurman, Bouton’s wife of 37 years, told me. She said there was a backlog of materials which patrons had requested online stacked behind the desk and waiting to be checked out. Ludlow library trustees chairman Christine Davis said that when she visited the Hubbard Memorial Library the day it reopened after being closed for three days due to flooding, it was like 'an after Christmas sale.' The beloved baseball classic now available in paperback, with new foreword from. When Ball Four was first published in 1970, it hit the sports world like a lightning bolt. It was love at first sight.' Now they'd like to kindle some similar chemistry between vintage base ball and the fans in Western Massachusetts and beyond. Buy a copy of Ball Four : The Final Pitch book by Jim Bouton, Paula Kurman. Ball Four The beloved baseball classic now available in paperback, with a new foreword from Jim Boutons wife, Paula Kurman. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Together 30 years, Kurman said, 'We met in Bloomingdale's. Join Facebook to connect with Paula Kurman and others you may know. They would like to see a vintage stadium, which Bouton has already designed, built for future games, preferably in Westfield.

The couple, who live in Egremont, were in town to promote the games, which will wind up with four teams vying for the world championship in Westfield the weekend of Aug. 'Jim won't wear it, so I do,' Kurman explained. She was Paula Kurman, wife of former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton, who authored the 1970 memoir and expose of life in the major leagues, 'Ball Four,' and now serves as the federation's commissioner. Several women dressed in 1880s style staffed booths at a recent Vintage Base Ball Federation playoff game in Westfield, but one of them wore a more recent piece of hardware on her left index finger - a 1962 New York Yankees World Series Championship ring. Includes a new foreword by Jim Boutons wife, Paula Kurman An irreverent, best selling book that angered baseballs hierarchy and changed the way ournalists.

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