From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939-2019) was the sports world\'s deceptive revolutionary.
Whether it was his frank talk about player salaries and mistreatment by management, his passionate advocacy of progressive politics, or his efforts to convince the United States to boycott the 1968 Olympics, Bouton confronted the conservative sports.
Underneath the crew cut and behind the all-American boy-next-door good looks lurked a maverick with a signature style.
From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939-2019) was the sports world\'s deceptive revolutionary