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    Piersall commented, "Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Who ever heard of Jimmy Piersall until that happened?" Piersall...
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  • American baseball All-Star player Jimmy Piersall. It is based on Piersall's 1955 memoir Fear Strikes Out: The Jim Piersall Story, co-written with Al Hirshberg...
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    Mets outfielder Jimmy Piersall told Snider that he could get more publicity for his 100th home run. Nine days later, on June 23, Piersall ran the bases...
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  • Brown, Jimmy Piersall, Mary Shane (1977) Harry Caray, Lorn Brown, Jimmy Piersall (1978–79) 1980–1981: WBBM 780 kHz Harry Caray, Jimmy Piersall, Joe McConnell...
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    for the studio was a 1957 biopic about Boston Red Sox baseball player Jimmy Piersall titled Fear Strikes Out. It followed his father's pressure to become...
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    home run. During a 1950s game, Red Sox outfielders Ted Williams and Jimmy Piersall both tracked a fly ball in left center, but the ball struck the ladder...
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    Me Out To The Ballgame" with the Sox. Caray, alongside color analyst Jimmy Piersall, was never afraid to criticize the Sox, which angered numerous Sox managers...
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    during a game against the Texas Rangers, Caray had former outfielder Jimmy Piersall (who was working for the Rangers at the time) as a guest in the White...
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    well as memory loss and spending ten weeks in a psychiatric hospital. Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player. Carolina Díaz Pimentel, Peruvian journalist...
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    mayor of Waterbury Mario Pavone, jazz bassist, composer and bandleader Jimmy Piersall, professional baseball player and broadcaster Derek Poundstone, professional...
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  • League Baseball player and manager Jackie Paterson, Scottish boxer Jimmy Piersall, Major League Baseball player and Scranton Miners Minor League Baseball...
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    Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins as tormented baseball player Jimmy Piersall. The film was the first feature he would direct alongside longtime collaborator...
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  • odor permeated the press box, which Caray and his broadcast partner, Jimmy Piersall, commented on over the air. The crowds outside the stadium also threw...
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    Theatre Gig Spevvy Episode: "While We're Young" 1955; 1957 Climax! Jimmy Piersall Episode: "Fear Strikes Out" (1955) Episode: "Mask for the Devil" (1957) –...
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    (Cheshire) Carl Pavano (Southington) Eli Pemberton Willie Pep (Middletown) Jimmy Piersall (Waterbury) Nick Pietrosante (Derby) A. J. Pollock (Hebron) Ryan Preece...
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  • actress 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997) 1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017) 1930 – Peter Katin...
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    traveling at up to 120 miles per hour (190 km/h). One month later, Jimmy Piersall became the second player to wear the helmet in the Major Leagues. With...
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    season), who had elected to sign with Fleer instead of Topps. Wills and Jimmy Piersall served as player representatives for Fleer, helping to bring others...
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    Odom Miguel Olivo Magglio Ordóñez Jake Peavy Rico Petrocelli (manager) Jimmy Piersall Aaron Poreda Johnny Riddle (player/manager) Luis Robert Aaron Rowand...
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  • regrets it. Fear Strikes Out 1957 Biographical The life and career of Jimmy Piersall, played by Anthony Perkins. Damn Yankees 1958 Musical A man sells his...
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  • Stadium, Cleveland Indians outfielder Jimmy Piersall was attacked by two Yankee fans who ran onto the field. Piersall quickly dispatched the first fan with...
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  • Bench Rick Dempsey Mark Fidrych Tommy John Tommy Lasorda Billy Martin Jimmy Piersall Ross Porter Tom Seaver Hosts and field reporters Jack Arute Tim Brant...
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  • (former) Trot Nixon (former) David Ortiz (former) Wily Mo Peña (former) Jimmy Piersall (former) Jason Varitek (former) Ted Williams (former) The following...
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    Scott Frank Sullivan Mo Vaughn Class of 2010: Tommy Harper Eddie Kasko Jimmy Piersall John Valentin Don Zimmer Class of 2012: Marty Barrett Ellis Burks Joe...
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    Musburger – sports director; (retired) Lee Phillip – broadcaster (deceased) Jimmy Piersall – White Sox color commentator (deceased) Chuck Schaden – broadcaster...
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    Vic Power Frank Bolling Frank Malzone Luis Aparicio† Norm SiebernLF Jimmy PiersallCF Al Kaline†RF Sherm Lollar Bobby Shantz N/A 1959 Vic Power Nellie Fox†...
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    American League pennant-clinching game. "[Carroll] Hardy on second, [Jimmy] Piersall on first, and 'dangerous' Vic Power is up ... one out. Power ... is...
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  • En drömmares vandring Dan Andersson Jarl Kulle Fear Strikes Out Jimmy Piersall Anthony Perkins The Flying Dutchman Anthony Fokker Ton Kuyl The Helen Morgan...
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    though his won-loss record was just 10–10. Traded to the Indians for Jimmy Piersall after the season, he won 20 games his first year with Cleveland. Donovan...
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    "[citation needed] In Fear Strikes Out, Malden, playing Jimmy Piersall's father John, introduces Jimmy to a baseball scout named Sekulovich. In Birdman of...
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