Obituaries

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Jimmy Piersall, 87, died Saturday in Wheaton, IL. He played for five different major league baseball teams, beginning with the Boston Red Sox during the 1950s. He was probably the first notable to come clean regarding the bipolar mental disorder which he suffered from. His battles with this condition were the inspiration for the autobiography and later movie titled "Fear Strikes Out". He was a very controversial player in his time, another not to resurface until Richie Allen in the late 1960s who mellowed considerably by the time he became Dick Allen during his days with the Chicago White Sox. And, speaking of the White Sox, Mr. Piersall again stirred up controversy as a commentator for that time when being paired with Harry Caray prior to the latter's tenure with the team on the other side of town. He was not afraid to call a spade a spade, something that wouldn't be tolerated for a minute in today's sports world. With that in mind I am enclosing a link which pretty much says it all.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/06/05/n...all-death/