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If you restore it, they will come

By Jim Caple
Page 2

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Brace yourself. Jim Bouton is on his way to becoming a baseball owner. "I'm already shopping for turtleneck sweaters and cigars," says the man who has spent a lifetime tilting at baseball's windmills. "I won't abuse the players -- I'll just tell them how overpaid and greedy they are. And then I'll remind them how lucky they are to have me as an owner." Of course, he must wait awhile on that. He doesn't have a team yet, though he says he's confident he'll have an independent minor league club b ...

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