Eisenreich, who turns 52 today, managed to carve out a 15-year career despite suffering from Tourrette’s Syndrome. Dan Gutman wrote Jim Eisenreich (Overcoming the Odds)
, part of a series of books for kids about athletes overcoming adversity of one kind or another.He also merits a chapter in Jack Walsh’s 2004 book, Baseball’s Good Guys: The Real Heroes of the Game
.

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