Can you imagine the media attention that this would recieve if this happened in todays game.........
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tlE3dBoFE2k
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tlE3dBoFE2k
Andruw Jones is the best cf I have ever seen. Im young so I havent seen as many as a lot of other people but I find it hard to believe that there has been other guys do it better than him. I know Mays was amazing and this Piersall im sure was a stud but Andruw Jones defensively especially in his prime was amazing
A case could be made for Paul Blair.
Blair won 8 Gold Gloves as a Center Fielder while playing for the Baltimore Orioles. Willie Mays won an unprecedented 12 Gold Gloves in a long career as a Giant while in both New York and San Francisco.
Jim Piersall won two as a Red Sox and waged a difficult battle with Bi-Polar Disorder that became the subject of the movie "Fear Strikes Out" with well known Hollywood star Anthony Perkins playing the role of Piersall.
Blair was probably the most daring centerfielder of his era because of his penchant for playing shallow and daring hitters to hit one over his head and still keep it in the park. He played and started for all of the great Oriole teams of the mid 60's thru the mid 70's. Never a great hitter, it was his glove and speed on the bases that kept him in the lineup on a team full of stars for 12 years, a team that won 4 World Series with Blair as their key defensively.
wil..
Blair won 8 Gold Gloves as a Center Fielder while playing for the Baltimore Orioles. Willie Mays won an unprecedented 12 Gold Gloves in a long career as a Giant while in both New York and San Francisco.
Jim Piersall won two as a Red Sox and waged a difficult battle with Bi-Polar Disorder that became the subject of the movie "Fear Strikes Out" with well known Hollywood star Anthony Perkins playing the role of Piersall.
Blair was probably the most daring centerfielder of his era because of his penchant for playing shallow and daring hitters to hit one over his head and still keep it in the park. He played and started for all of the great Oriole teams of the mid 60's thru the mid 70's. Never a great hitter, it was his glove and speed on the bases that kept him in the lineup on a team full of stars for 12 years, a team that won 4 World Series with Blair as their key defensively.
wil..
Blair won 8 Gold Gloves as a Center Fielder while playing for the Baltimore Orioles. Willie Mays won an unprecedented 12 Gold Gloves in a long career as a Giant while in both New York and San Francisco.
Jim Piersall won two as a Red Sox and waged a difficult battle with Bi-Polar Disorder that became the subject of the movie "Fear Strikes Out" with well known Hollywood star Anthony Perkins playing the role of Piersall.
Blair was probably the most daring centerfielder of his era because of his penchant for playing shallow and daring hitters to hit one over his head and still keep it in the park. He played and started for all of the great Oriole teams of the mid 60's thru the mid 70's. Never a great hitter, it was his glove and speed on the bases that kept him in the lineup on a team full of stars for 12 years, a team that won 4 World Series with Blair as their key defensively.
wil..
Blair discusses the status of O's basis today.........
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gPJwsceCAA4
Viejo
You are right Karl Malden, who must have acted in 100 movies/TV shows over his long career played John Piersall, father of the troubled Jimmy.
Shot from the movie "Fear Stikes Out" Karl Malden and Anthony Perkins (famous for his roll as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 mega hit "Psycho").
wil..
You are right Karl Malden, who must have acted in 100 movies/TV shows over his long career played John Piersall, father of the troubled Jimmy.
Shot from the movie "Fear Stikes Out" Karl Malden and Anthony Perkins (famous for his roll as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 mega hit "Psycho").
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