Stepping on the Scale and Baseball's Juiced Players
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Jimmy Piersall Jimmy broke into the majors on September 7, 1950 with the Boston Red Sox. In 1952, Jimmy suffered a well publicized nervous breakdown which he later wrote about in his book Fear Strikes Out. The book was later turned into a film of the same name. Jimmy made his comeback in 1953. Unfortunately, some fans were not kind to Jimmy and would taunt him about his illness. With his new found sense of self, Jimmy would shrug the jeers off and say "Give 'em their money's worth." Jimmy retired from baseball as a member of the California Angels on May 1, 1967. In 1977, Jimmy was hired by the Chicago White Sox as a broadcaster and was teamed with Harry Caray. In 1983, Jimmy was finally fired after being critical of White Sox management on the air. Knowing that old age is no time to change horses, Piersall continued his rants on a popular Chicago sports talk radio station for 14 years. |
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Barbara Rolls Barbara J. Rolls is the endowed Guthrie Chair in Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University. A veteran nutrition researcher, Dr. Rolls has focused on the study of hunger and obesity for more than 20 years. Her research interests include the controls of food and fluid intake, especially as they relate to obesity, eating disorders, and aging. Dr. Rolls went to Penn State in 1992 as a Professor of Biobehavioral Health and most recently as Professor of Nutritional Sciences, occupying the Guthrie Chair in Nutritional Sciences since 1994. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State, Dr. Rolls was at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she was Professor of Psychiatry. Dr. Rolls received her Masters Degree at the University of Oxford and her Doctorate in physiology from the University of Cambridge, England. |
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