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Episode 5 : Jimmy Piersall
Jiimmy Piersall was a baseball player who was hospitalized in a mental institution and made it back to the big leagues after electroshock therapy.
“Fear Strikes Out”, Jim Piersall
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20364651?p=1https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/seasonal-affective-disorderhttps://www.mlb.com/video/jimmy-piersall-c20021013https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/hall-of-famehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piersa001jamhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=piersji01&t=b&year=1952https://www.macrotrends.net/2484/dow-jones-crash-1929-bear-markethttps://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1952/05/25/billy-martin-jim-piersall-fight-red-sox-yankees-game/l16laSjvmGq5bztv3cw7QK/story.htmlhttps://www.sportscasting.com/did-jimmy-piersall-really-run-the-bases-backwards-when-he-hit-his-100th-home-run/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/06/04/jimmy-piersall-dead-at-87https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorderhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355955https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/brain-stimulation-therapies/brain-stimulation-therapies
Episode 5 : Jimmy Piersall
Jiimmy Piersall was a baseball player who was hospitalized in a mental institution and made it back to the big leagues after electroshock therapy.
“Fear Strikes Out”, Jim Piersall
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20364651?p=1https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/seasonal-affective-disorderhttps://www.mlb.com/video/jimmy-piersall-c20021013https://www.mlb.com/redsox/ballpark/museum/hall-of-famehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=piersa001jamhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=piersji01&t=b&year=1952https://www.macrotrends.net/2484/dow-jones-crash-1929-bear-markethttps://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1952/05/25/billy-martin-jim-piersall-fight-red-sox-yankees-game/l16laSjvmGq5bztv3cw7QK/story.htmlhttps://www.sportscasting.com/did-jimmy-piersall-really-run-the-bases-backwards-when-he-hit-his-100th-home-run/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/06/04/jimmy-piersall-dead-at-87https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorderhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bipolar-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355955https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/brain-stimulation-therapies/brain-stimulation-therapies
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