Jimmy Piersall, Baseball Star Turned Outspoken Broadcaster, Dies At 87
Jimmy Piersall, Baseball Star Turned Outspoken Broadcaster, Dies At 87
JIMMY PIERSALL, who battled bipolar disorder while playing major league baseball and later became a colorful and controversial broadcaster for the CHICAGO WHITE SOX and TEXAS RANGERS, died SATURDAY (6/3) in WHEATON, IL at 87. PIERSALL was a combative and controversial personality while playing for the BOSTON RED SOX, leading to his writing an autobiography discussing his mental illness, "FEAR STRIKES OUT," in 1955. The book was turned into a movie starring ANTHONY PERKINS ...
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