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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaTrue story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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John Aberle
- Ballplayer
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Eric Alden
- Policeman
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Heather Ames
- Nurse
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Sam Balter
- Broadcaster
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Mary Benoit
- Nurse
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John Benson
- Reporter
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Don Brodie
- Reporter Evans
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Richard Bull
- Reporter Slade
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Bart Burns
- Joe Cronin
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Edd Byrnes
- Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway
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Wade Cagle
- Intern
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Keith Coyne
- Baby
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- QuizThe real Jimmy Piersall disowned the movie due to its distortion of the facts. Based on the success of his autobiography and the movie, Piersall penned a second book in 1985 called The Truth Hurts, which detailed his ousting from the White Sox organization.
- BlooperClose-up shots of Jimmy Piersall playing shortstop and right field reveal a low outfield wall backed by trees in the background. These games were supposed to be in Fenway Park, which would have a high left field wall and bleachers in right field.
- Citazioni
Jim Piersall: I don't care what happens. I love you Mary!
- ConnessioniFeatured in Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)
Recensione in evidenza
I don't find movies about illnesses whether they are physical or mental, real or fictitious, to be entertaining, maybe informative or educational, so I am approaching my criticism of this movie from the baseball aspect. Jimmy Piersall was quite a character. He overcame a mental breakdown to become one of the greatest outfielders in baseball history. He was a real crowd pleaser with his fielding and antics, but his hitting left a lot to be desired. He just about ruined his arm showing off how far and hard he could throw the ball. When he hit his 100th homerun, he ran the bases backwards. Living near Boston, I saw him play ball on many occasions and I met him in person at a First National Supermarket opening in Lawrence, Mass. He signed a baseball and a photograph of himself for me, but I had to buy two bags of potato chips (Cains, I think it was) beforehand. As a kid, I could barely afford it, but more than fifty years later, I still have the ball and photo. What a thrill it was! I remember him as being handsome and big and strong, not a skinny guy like Anthony Perkins. As far as the movie goes, it was good, but not very accurate. Did you notice the obvious padding to Perkin's shoulders to make him look bulky? He looked like he never played baseball in real life, he was so awkward. (Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig and William Bendix as Babe Ruth also looked pretty bad in their baseball movies). Did you notice that the stock footage was of Fenway Park but whenever Perkins was playing they showed some minor league park? Just look at the outfield background, that's not Fenway. What really bothers me is that they only mention one real life Red Sox person, Joe Cronin, and that was wrong, it should have been Pinky Higgins. What happened to Ted Williams, Jackie Jensen (my all time favorite Red Sox player), Dom Dimaggio, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, and a bunch of others who played on the team with Piersall? Ted's career was actually extended because Piersall was so good as a fielder that he used to run from center to left to catch flyballs so that Williams didn't have to tire himself out trying to get to them. Piersall was eventually traded to another team, so all his euphoria about playing for the Bosox didn't last. Still with all its' faults and disappointments, this movie is well worth watching, especially for baseball fans.
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