[Rummyfan]

A one-year franchise. Were it not for Ball Four they would probably been totally forgotten.

[bwest]

If I’m not mistaken, the franchise moved to Milwaukee and became the Brewers, a rare eastward team relocation.

[billyboy15]

Ball Four literally rocked the baseball world when it came out. Bouton was reviled and castigated no end for dating to Sully the images of the baseball hero’s of the day.

Compared to the behavior of the major league jerks in the game these days,Bouton’s book simply humanized the players.

[DoodleDawg]

My Royals haven’t done too bad since then. Four World Series with two wins.

[be-baw]

I never thought Lou Paniella was underrated as a manager. His record speaks for itself.

[Ronald_Magnus]

My dad took me to the last home game of the season. I distinctly remember after the last out, a guy ran out onto the field with a sign that said “KEEP JOE”, referring to Pilots manager Joe Schultz.

[dainbramaged]

My wife's great uncle, Dewey Soriano, owned the Pilots. The team name was partly due to Boeing and the fact that Dewey and his brother were harbor pilots on Puget Sound.
Dad took us to one game against the Yankees in '69, with Mel Stottlemyer on the mound. Other members of the NY lineup that day included Roy White, Bobby Murcer, Joe Pepitone and Tom Tresh. I was 16 years old.

[bobby.223]

IIRC the news of the Pilot’s move hit Seattle’s media on 4/1/1970. Everyone thought it was an April fools joke! I bought Bouton’s book, Ball Four, that summer.