Authors: Jim Piersall, Al Hirshberg
ISBN-13: 9780803287617, ISBN-10: 0803287615
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: July 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Jim Piersall played baseball in the 1950s and 1960s for the Boston Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, the New York Mets, and the California Angels. After brief forays into professional football and wrestling businesses, he has worked for many years in broadcasting and minor league player development for the Chicago Cubs. He lives in Arizona during the off-season and in Chicago during the season.
Jim Piersall s account of his mental breakdown in 1952 when he was an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox.