This is a 1956 Topps baseball card of Boston Red Sox outfielder Jim Piersall. Piersall played for 5 different teams between 1950 and 1967 and had a decent major league career, but is best known for struggling with bi-polar disorder and being portrayed by Anthony Perkins (of Psycho fame) in the movie Fear Strikes Out. This is a line from Piersall’s autobiography: “Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Who ever heard of Jimmy Piersall, until that happened?” He worked as a baseball broadcaster after his playing career ended, including a stint with the Chicago White Sox where he was teamed with Harry Caray. Those must have been anything but boring broadcasts.
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