Carlton Fisk, Hall of Fame catcher, pleads guilty to DUI

[slimvictor]

Hall of Fame baseball catcher Carlton Fisk pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge, two months after police found him asleep in his pickup truck in a suburban Chicago cornfield.

Fisk, 65, was sentenced to one year of court supervision and must pay $1,250 in court costs. He also must undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and counseling.

Fisk's attorney, Stephen White, said in Will County court that Fisk wanted to accept responsibility for what he did.

"He stepped up to the plate," White said.

New Lenox police found Fisk unconscious in the truck on Oct. 22 and said there was an open bottle of vodka on the floor.

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[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I love baseball so this is kind of discouraging, yet funny that it happens to a player from the team which is in rivalry with the team that I typically cheer for.

 

[slimvictor]

I also enjoy baseball, and was a little sad to learn this.
But, (ex-)players are human, and humans take drugs for many reasons...
But driving while drunk - if he was actually doing so - is pretty stupid and reckless.

 

[23536]

Forget driving drunk. The real crime here is driving while fast asleep.

How was he even steering? 8(

Although I swear, when I'm on heroin and I start nodding, my senses are substantially sharpened. I can sleepwalk a tightrope across the Grand Canyon. While juggling. Cats.