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If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

Jim Bouton

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Jim Bouton
Age: 80 †
Born: 1939
Born: March 8
Died: 2019
Died: July 10
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Newark
New Jersey
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