Jimmy Piersall
Jimmy Piersall
James Anthony Piersallis an American former baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseballfor five teams, from 1950 through 1967. Piersall is best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of the book and movie Fear Strikes Out...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth14 November 1929
CountryUnited States of America
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I've had 117 fights and that's the first time I've ever won.
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If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette.
understanding therapy
There is no better therapy than understanding.
bypass feels
I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.
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Nutrition makes me puke.
nuts best-things happened
Probably the best thing that happened to me was going nuts. Nobody knew who I was until that happened.
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We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.