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Former major leaguer Jim Piersall dies at 87 (Jimmy Piersall)
AP via ABC News ^
| June 4, 2017
Posted on 06/04/2017 1:30:10 PM PDT by EveningStar
Former major leaguer Jim Piersall, who bared his soul about his struggles with mental illness in his book "Fear Strikes Out," has died. He was 87.
Piersall died Saturday at a care facility in Wheaton, Illinois, after a monthslong illness, according to the Boston Red Sox, for whom Piersall played for seven of his 17 seasons in the majors.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; fearstrikesout; fearstruckout; jimmypiersall; obituary; piersall
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To: EveningStar
I remember him. Good Ballplayer. I had his baseball card when I was a kid in the 1950s.
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posted on
06/04/2017 1:36:35 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: EveningStar
I saw the move Fear Strikes Out when I was just a kid. Karl Malden was, let's say "convincing" as Jim Piersall's father. He should have won an academy award for best supporting actor.
RIP to the real Jim Piersall.
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posted on
06/04/2017 1:40:45 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Never take a known wise-ass to the shooting range.)
To: EveningStar
He lived longer than most men.
To: EveningStar
Is he the guy that use to do head stands whenever he caught a ball?
To: EveningStar
Goodness, I had no idea he was still alive. Praying for the comforting of his family.
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posted on
06/04/2017 1:58:26 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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To: Bruce Kurtz
I dunno. He did all kinds of crazy shit! LOL!
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:09:09 PM PDT
by
EveningStar
(I am a Non-Cultist Trump Supporter.)
To: EveningStar
he was the best when he teamed up with Harry Caray to do White Sox games. First time I ever heard broadcasters talking like fans.
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:12:34 PM PDT
by
sharkhawk
(Chelsea Dagger)
To: EveningStar
Sigh. Time marches past another of the boys of summer from the 1950’s.
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:20:38 PM PDT
by
buckalfa
(Slip sliding away towards senility.)
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
He had nine kids with his first wife.
RIP
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:34:21 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
To: sharkhawk
He was unsparing in his criticism of players who were not trying to give one hundred percent. I remember when former White Sox manager Tony LaRussa tried to confront Piersall after a game.
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:46:59 PM PDT
by
PBRCat
To: EveningStar
Piersall once broadcast a tirade about baseball wives and how most were gold diggers which drew backlash from feminist groups. Skip Caray, Harry’s son, replied on WTBS that he thought Fear had actually lined a double off the wall.
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posted on
06/04/2017 2:47:22 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
To: EveningStar
I have his book on my iPad. I read it many years ago for the first time. God bless his family and friends.
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posted on
06/04/2017 3:07:27 PM PDT
by
MamaB
(Heb : 13:2)
To: EveningStar
RIP and prayers to his family...
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posted on
06/04/2017 3:22:31 PM PDT
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
To: EveningStar
Piersall ran around the bases backwards after hitting his 100th career home run.
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posted on
06/04/2017 3:27:39 PM PDT
by
dancusa
( Trump Wins! Obama's 8 years of a kindergarten class trip is over. The adults are in charge now..)
To: dancusa
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posted on
06/04/2017 3:32:42 PM PDT
by
dancusa
( Trump Wins! Obama's 8 years of a kindergarten class trip is over. The adults are in charge now..)
To: dancusa
God loves a ball player who doesn’t take himself too seriously....
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posted on
06/04/2017 3:42:53 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
To: dancusa
For those that don’t know, that’s the 3rd base line! LOL
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