If it's not clear from the media material, Jim is in hospice at this point. I'll assume everyone knows my meaning.
Jim Corsi is an old friend of both me and Mrs. LT. He was a fixture at the Original Red Sox Fantasy Camp. I went to the Original camp many times from the early 90's through January 2005 as a player and visited several years thereafter. Jim was there at least 5 of those years, just after he left the game IIRC. He is an enthusiastic and positive force, always with a smile and always loves to talk about the game. He could still bring it too. I loved hitting against him. One of the funniest incidents ever in all those years of going the the fantasy camp event was courtesy of Jim. There were plenty of laughs every year.
At the end of the week there is a final dinner/banquet with everyone in the room, former players, spouses, special guests, etc. Joe Castiglione would come in to town to MC the dinner. You were supposed to wear a sport coat and dress up a little kind of thing. They do the week long awards at the dinner, the typical, MVP, Hustle, Gold Glove, Rookie of the Year, etc. All awards have an over and under age 50 category.
So one year, one of the long time participants brought her daughter who was a very good softball payer both in high school and college not too many years prior to her attendance. Her first and last name, without actually naming her, sounded very similar to 'Jim Corsi.'
So Castig is up there being Castig and announcing the award for Rookie under 50 and shouts out this young lady's name. From the far back corner of the large banquet hall comes a loud, high pitched scream of happiness and there was Jim Corsi screaming and yelling with joy and running through the crowd of tables flailing his arms to receive his award. I don't know if it was a set up but it was damn funny.
I have a few other Corsi stories but this one is the best. I think about him often and his situation is tragic. He is a great human being. Deepest condolences to his family.