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Share this book Facebook. February 14, History. An edition of Home games This edition was published in by St. Written in English — pages. Subjects Baseball players , Biography , Wives. Home games: two baseball wives speak out , St. Libraries near you: WorldCat. Places United States.

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January 21, Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Apr 27, Charles rated it it was amazing. Before that revelation, when athletes and sportswriters wrote books about sports, they kept the sordid details out of the ink.

Bouton destroyed that unwritten wall and from that point on, writers about sports were free to tell all, no matter how personal and unbecoming. Therefore, it is fitting that a book about the lives of the wives of professional athletes should be authored by the wife of Bouton.

It spares nothing in the way of language and little in the way of detail regarding what big leaguers do when out of the sight of their wives. One very significant point is how low the pay was for players in the minor leagues and how their families struggled to make ends meet. There was also the stress of travel and moving. While a move up in the farm system was a positive career event, it generally meant a move, sometimes across the country, for the family. These women at first were the supportive wives that did whatever was necessary to make the best possible home life for their husbands.

However, once their husbands were successful, they discovered that their efforts were not rewarded. Furthermore, when both men suffered their inevitable falls from their peak performance, they tended to blame their wives for their professional demise. This is a depressing book, pulling away the magic curtain of what it is like to be the spouse of a celebrity. Mostly they toiled in the shadows while their men experienced their fleeting fame and took them for granted in all respects.

Both women eventually divorced their husbands and made an independent life. The seedy details of those divorces are also included. Jul 28, Chris Dean rated it liked it.

When I came across this book, I was interested in it primarily due to its connection to "Ball Four. Bouton and Marshall tell their stories with frank honesty and leave their emotions out for the reader.

Theirs is the tale of not only baseball wives and the success and failures of their relationships but it is also a microcosm of the changing roles of women during the s through the s. I would love to read an update When I came across this book, I was interested in it primarily due to its connection to "Ball Four. I would love to read an update to this to see how the authors lives turned out since this book was first written. Enjoyed the book very much. Nelson rated it liked it Dec 07, Larry V rated it really liked it Mar 31, Thomas White rated it it was ok Nov 11, Matthew Elmslie rated it it was ok Oct 26, Adam N Prince rated it it was amazing Dec 18, PK rated it liked it Dec 10, Ed Dorsey rated it liked it Oct 17, Gail rated it liked it May 27, Tom rated it really liked it Jul 25, Elizabeth Homand rated it liked it Jul 21, Shannon Breen rated it liked it Apr 11, Fran rated it it was ok Oct 07, Celia rated it really liked it Oct 22, Holli Brewer rated it really liked it Sep 17, Rita marked it as to-read Aug 02, Ron Kaplan added it Jun 22, Jack Morris added it Mar 14, Claire Hall added it May 31, George Ronczy added it Aug 13, Alex added it Jan 15, BookDB marked it as to-read Sep 14,