Gelf Magazine’s Varsity Letters at the Gallery at LPR on July 18th, 2019.

Varsity Letters returns to The Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge to pay tribute to Jim Bouton, who recently passed away. The pitcher-cum-author wrote the seminal work Ball Four, which gave fans an unprecedented look inside the world of professional baseball.

Speaking to Bouton’s legacy and reading from his work will be:

Jay Jaffe, senior writer at FanGraphs and MLB Network guest analyst

Mitchell Nathanson, Professor of Law at Villanova University and author of a number of books, including the upcoming Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original

Paul Lukas, former ESPN.com columnist and founder/editor of Uni Watch.

Neil deMause, Deadspin contributor and co-author of Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit

And more.