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I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break. Doc, let me come in and do it live. Thanks, doc. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening, guys.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.19 a bushel. 550lb steer calf, still way up there high, $4.77/lb And a butcher hog in Iowa 65ยข a pound, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings at a dollar 99. But guys, there's more, much more. Okay. Everyone in the civilized world knows that the World Series begins tonight. That new news seems to be a bit redundant. Everyone also knows that it's the Dodgers against the Blue Jays, so I need not mention that either. But just like everyone doesn't enjoy quilting, not everyone enjoys baseball. So, seeing it's the start of the world series, it would seem to me a bit hypocritical to not mention something about baseball.
OK Solberg:But guys, rejoice with me, as my friend and classmate from Malta High School class of 1975, Brad Hicks, sent me an interesting something about a former baseball player. Stick with me because this guy squirted an umpire in the face with a squirt gun in Major League Baseball. He was an athlete that was so talented, but he had bipolar before it was diagnosed as such. So stay tuned because even a non baseball fan will enjoy his story. But first, our bible verse for today, and see if you believe it fits for a baseball player that did some crazy things on the baseball field.
OK Solberg:Listen, but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. 1st Corinthians 1:27 foolish things fit right in with the story of Jimmy Piersall, James Jimmy Anthony Piersall, born 1929, died 2017, was an American baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in the Major League Baseball organization for 5 different 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 movie. Fear strikes out. Oh, but Jimmy had a rocky road on 06/10/1953.
OK Solberg:He set the Red Sox club record for hits in nine inning game with six six hits, six base hits in a nine inning game. He had established himself as one of the grace greatest defensive outfielders, yet trouble was never far away. On May 1952, just before a game against the New York Yankees, Piersall engaged in a fist fight fist fight with Yankee infielder Billy Martin. After several such incidents, including Piersall spanking the four year old son of a teammate in the clubhouse during a game, he was demoted to the minor leagues. In less than three weeks in the minors, Piersall was ejected on four occasions, the last coming after striking out in the 2nd inning on July 16, but prior to his at bat, he had acknowledged teammate Milt Bowling's home run by spraying home plate with a water pistol.
OK Solberg:Piersall returned to the Red Sox in 1953 season, finishing ninth in voting for the most valuable player award. Guys, 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 the play and talk 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. Whoever heard of me until that happened. When Jimmy hit his hundredth home run, he ran the bases backwards which brought the crowd to their feet, but life was challenging for Jimmy.
OK Solberg:In an ESPN Interview, I find this stated, what shouldn't be overlooked is his ability in his 17 year career, he hit 271 and he hit a 104 home runs with within 5 different teams, but the 2 time all star was even better defensively winning two gold gloves as a center fielder and a 990 lifetime fielding percentage. It goes on to say, he's great, but you have to play him in a cage, said Casey Stingle, his manager with the New York Mets. Piersall grew up in Waterbury, Connecticut. He became a local legend at 14, playing and starring in a league featuring men twice his age.
OK Solberg:Piersall's mother, Mary, suffered from mental illness. From 1936 through '46, she was often committed to a sanitarium. Jimmy quotes, if my father was preparing supper when I got home, it wouldn't be necessary for us to exchange a word. Jimmy said, I knew that meant mom was gone away again. Therein, the quote, it helps us all to understand that every person alive has a set of circumstances that help mold their life.
OK Solberg:We shouldn't be too hasty to judge. Walk a mile in their shoes before we cast any stones. Fun story. Thanks, Brad. Game one of the world series coming up in less than 2 hours.
OK Solberg:Doc, thanks for letting me be here.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.
Doc:Hey. Hi. Yeah, it's me, Doc. I'm here the rest of the day. So we have the game at 7:00 and we'll have a pregame show at 06:45.
Doc:Okay, the ladies at Ezzy's, I have something special for you for your weekend getting ready to go out on your weekend, right? Yeah and you too, Rebel. Here we go.