`Ball Four´ author Jim Bouton smoked baseball inside until the very end
(LA Times Kings)

If you ever had the chance to have Jim Bouton sign a copy of `Ball Four,` his autograph often came with the quip, `Smoke `em inside.` That was an oft-quoted phrase in the book, from Seattle Pilots teammate and fellow pitcher Gary Bell, for the ridiculously simplistic way he wrote scouting reports...