Jimmy Piersall Signed Baseball Red Sox – COA JSA

Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Jimmy Piersall.  He signed it on the sweet spot in a blue ballpoint pen (“9-10”).

Jammy Piersall was an American baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams, from 1950 through 1967. Piersall was best known for his well-publicized battle with bipolar disorder that became the subject of a book and a film, Fear Strikes Out.  He once stepped up to bat wearing a Beatles wig and playing “air guitar” on his bat, led cheers for himself in the outfield during breaks in play, and “talked” to Babe Ruth behind the center field monuments at Yankee Stadium. In his autobiography, Piersall commented, “Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. 

Authentication: JSA Basic Cert & Sticker