Ball Four
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Ball Four is a groundbreaking 1970 memoir by former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton that offers an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes look at professional baseball and its culture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Ball Four" | 1 |
| Ball Four canonical | 1 |
| The Boys of Summer (book) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19527304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ball Four Context triple: [Jim Bouton, notableWork, Ball Four]
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A.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a documentary film that chronicles actor Bing Russell’s creation and management of the independent minor-league Portland Mavericks baseball team in the 1970s.
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B.
The Boys of Summer
"The Boys of Summer" is a 1984 rock song by Don Henley, acclaimed for its nostalgic lyrics and atmospheric production, and widely regarded as one of his signature solo hits.
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C.
The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
"The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound" is a memoir in which former Major League pitcher and broadcaster Ron Darling shares personal stories and insights about the craft of pitching and the broader life lessons he drew from his baseball career.
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D.
For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
"For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball" is a memoir by former MLB commissioner Bud Selig that chronicles the league’s modern evolution, controversies, and reforms from his insider perspective.
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E.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ball Four Target entity description: Ball Four is a groundbreaking 1970 memoir by former Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Bouton that offers an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes look at professional baseball and its culture.
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A.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a documentary film that chronicles actor Bing Russell’s creation and management of the independent minor-league Portland Mavericks baseball team in the 1970s.
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B.
The Boys of Summer
"The Boys of Summer" is a 1984 rock song by Don Henley, acclaimed for its nostalgic lyrics and atmospheric production, and widely regarded as one of his signature solo hits.
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C.
The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound
"The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound" is a memoir in which former Major League pitcher and broadcaster Ron Darling shares personal stories and insights about the craft of pitching and the broader life lessons he drew from his baseball career.
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D.
For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
"For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball" is a memoir by former MLB commissioner Bud Selig that chronicles the league’s modern evolution, controversies, and reforms from his insider perspective.
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E.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ball Four
linked to: Ball Four