RIP Jim Corsi

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Jesus, that was tough to watch. Always liked him as a pitcher, some solid seasons for the Sox. My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family.
 

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That was really hard to watch. He was a part of the 1997 Sox team that was my first real team to actively root for all season. It was Nomar, Mo, and the land of misfit toys. hometown Corsi was a great fit.
 

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Had a hard time watching that, my heart goes out to the Corsi family.

This hits close to home since my dad died the same way. He refused to get a colonoscopy and the undetected cancer spread from his colon to his liver, kidneys, and lungs. You definitely don't want to be in the room when the oncologist tells your loved one that they've never seen cancer progress this quickly and that there's nothing they can do other than make them comfortable. He died less than a month after being diagnosed.

Please get your scheduled colonoscopy. If not for yourself, then for your loved ones.
 

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Had a hard time watching that, my heart goes out to the Corsi family.

This hits close to home since my dad died the same way. He refused to get a colonoscopy and the undetected cancer spread from his colon to his liver, kidneys, and lungs. You definitely don't want to be in the room when the oncologist tells your loved one that they've never seen cancer progress this quickly and that there's nothing they can do other than make them comfortable. He died less than a month after being diagnosed.

Please get your scheduled colonoscopy. If not for yourself, then for your loved ones.
Yeah, the thread title should be Jim Corsi - "get a f'ing colonoscopy". That was a tough video to watch. Corsi was a pretty big guy the last time I saw video of him and seeing him today you can tell he's dropped a bunch of weight through this ordeal.
 

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He pitched at St Leo’s in Florida with one of my best friends growing up in the early 80’s. Heard he was a good guy.
 

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He pitched at St Leo’s in Florida with one of my best friends growing up in the early 80’s. Heard he was a good guy.
I was a broadcast journalism major in college and had reached out to one of the pre-game/post-game sox broadcasters about advice. He responded back and was super helpful. After some correspondence, he went out of his way to bring me to a pawsox game he was announcing and then got my friends and I into the last game of the 2002 season. We got into the park for free and even got to walk around on the field for a bit after the game.

Prior to walking on the field, I got a call from the broadcaster around the 7th inning, and he asked if my friends and I wanted to come watch the postgame show. We got to go up, meet a few sox players who were around the area, and got to meet Jim Corsi, who was doing the pre/post game show at the time. Because of my relationship with that Sox broadcaster, I got to meet Jim Rice previously, and he was kind of a fucking dickhead. Corsi, was the polar opposite. Shook all of our hands, asked how we enjoyed the game, made some jokes. He was prepping for a TV show and didn't need to take time to shoot the shit with a bunch of meathead college kids. But he did. I was never a huge fan of his during the broadcasts, but meeting him was great. Really nice, down to earth guy.

So...yes. From my experience with him, he was a good guy. Really sorry to see this news.
 

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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.
 

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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.
So sorry. I wish I had the words to make those care for him feel a little better. It's one thing to be a fan and hear about how good a person is. But to know them and know know how great they really are makes it much harder.
 

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Corsi Combover is probably taking this news pretty hard too.
 

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From the looks of the last scene with Eck of that piece, he was already in hospice of some sort. Way too young and seemed like a great guy with a great family. RIP.
 

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Man, that sucks. That Eck piece at the end was definitely more recent than the interview. No idea how long ago that interview was though.
Chad Finn tweeted yesterday that the main interview was done in November, but Channel 4 wasn't sure when they were going to air it. When Jim's condition deteriorated, they fast-tracked the piece so he could see it before he passed.
 

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Yeah I somehow missed the piece with Eck at the end the first time i viewed it. I am wondering how long this piece was in the works, and if they decided to bump it because they knew he was doing badly. So awful.
 

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Chad Finn tweeted yesterday that the main interview was done in November, but Channel 4 wasn't sure when they were going to air it. When Jim's condition deteriorated, they fast-tracked the piece so he could see it before he passed.
OK yeah that is what I suspected (above post). That said, wow, that change is in like 5-6 weeks? :(
 

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RIP Jim. Hopefully sharing his story will help some people on the fence about getting a colonoscopy.
 

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Stage 4 sucks

RIP, Jim
 

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OK yeah that is what I suspected (above post). That said, wow, that change is in like 5-6 weeks? :(
It happened fast with my Dad. He was walking several miles per day and regularly lifting weights around Christmas, was diagnosed and non-mobile in February, and was bedridden in the hospital when died less than a month later. A terrible disease.
 

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It happened fast with my Dad. He was walking several miles per day and regularly lifting weights around Christmas, was diagnosed and non-mobile in February, and was bedridden in the hospital when died less than a month later. A terrible disease.
Same with my MIL. She was diagnosed in August or early September, was in hospice in late October, and passed early November.
 

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Terrible news.

Go get a colonoscopy. It's just something going up your ass, not being submerged in acid. You'll live, hopefully, and the doctor is bound to secrecy.

Slightly tangential, but I remember a patient intake at my work years ago where a patient literally wrote a letter about how he wouldn't let anything up his butt for any reason (he had Hep C, I think). I won't pollute the thread with my thoughts as to why but I will say DON'T BE THAT GUY.

RIP Corsi.
 

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Terrible news.

Go get a colonoscopy. It's just something going up your ass, not being submerged in acid. You'll live, hopefully, and the doctor is bound to secrecy.

Slightly tangential, but I remember a patient intake at my work years ago where a patient literally wrote a letter about how he wouldn't let anything up his butt for any reason (he had Hep C, I think). I won't pollute the thread with my thoughts as to why but I will say DON'T BE THAT GUY.

RIP Corsi.
I turned 40 this summer and just scheduled my first visit to my PCP in a long time for precisely this reason and due to this thread and my MIL’s recent passing from colon cancer.
 

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I turned 40 this summer and just scheduled my first visit to my PCP in a long time for precisely this reason and due to this thread and my MIL’s recent passing from colon cancer.
I had my physical for my 40th a few months ago and my PCP said it was too early to do the finger check, which surprised me. I guess 48 is the new standard? My blood work has been good but I may fast track my colonoscopy after this story.
 

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I had my physical for my 40th a few months ago and my PCP said it was too early to do the finger check, which surprised me. I guess 48 is the new standard? My blood work has been good but I may fast track my colonoscopy after this story.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I’ll try to remember to report back in February after my appointment.
 

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I'm sorry, man
Thanks, it's been four years, but it still sucks.

I had my physical for my 40th a few months ago and my PCP said it was too early to do the finger check, which surprised me. I guess 48 is the new standard? My blood work has been good but I may fast track my colonoscopy after this story.
I'm assuming that the "finger check" is a prostate exam, which didn't start for me until I turned 50. I believe the new recommendation for a colonoscopy is now 45, although I had mine "early" at 48.
 

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My business partner and friend is in Stage 4 of Colon Cancer that has spread to his liver. 43 years old. Things looked incredibly dire but he's bouncing back but will need a liver transplant and will likely be shitting into a bag the remainder of his life.
I'm turning 50 this coming summer and after his diagnosis ran out and got an exam. Thankfully I have health insurance through my wife's job.
Get Universal Health Care Coverage now. Political post or not... it's urgent and the lack of it has taken several friends and family members lives way too early.
If you have health insurance and you're older than 40, advocate for it. The stress and shitty diet of how we grew up (Gen X) is catching up to us earlier than prior generations. Be thankful you have HI and start advocating for UHC.
 

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Awful news. RIP. Local guy who forged a very nice life in baseball for himself. As an aside, I can only echo what so many others have posted. If you're in your mid 40's, or even just turning 40(fuck the old 50 standard), or have any family history, get that colonoscopy. The procedure, and the prep, are no big deal at all. Don't believe anything you've heard to the contrary. It is one the most effective preventative/early detection/life saving measures there is.
 
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JFC how awful. My eldest cousin (1 year my senior) was a mountain of a man, and passed at 43 from colorectal cancer, so I'm now regularly getting screened. I had my first full colonoscopy last March, 2 days after running a half-marathon (for those keeping score, that's "run 13.1 miles on Saturday, drink laxatives for 12 hours til you're pooping water on Sunday, get probed on Monday"), and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Well, maybe I'll just do a 5K instead.

It's one of the few preventatives we have for a most deadly cancer that tends to strike much younger than most, so please, do it for yourself and your family.
 

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We have an excellent thread here in a non-public forum about prepping for a 'scope. There are easier (and harder) ways to do the prep. It all ends with pooping water, but some of the potions are less noxious than others and there are ways to reduce the magnitude of the intake (and outflow).
 

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I'm assuming that the "finger check" is a prostate exam, which didn't start for me until I turned 50. I believe the new recommendation for a colonoscopy is now 45, although I had mine "early" at 48.
Can confirm the age is now 45. Requested a PSA last week thru my PCP and was able to get to the lab today.

RIP to Jim Corsi. Heart wrenching video to watch.
 

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I was 27 when my dad died at 68. Just like Jim Corsi, it started in the colon and spread to the liver.

I started getting colonoscopies in my 30s. I thought I would wait until 40 but then Eric Davis got it at 35. The prep day is hell, but just do it anyway.
 

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Awful news. RIP. Local guy who forged a very nice life in baseball for himself. As an aside, I can only echo what so many others have posted. If you're in your mid 40's, or even just turning 40(fuck the old 50 standard), or have any family history, get that colonoscopy. The procedure, and the prep, are no big deal at all. Don't believe anything you've heard to the contrary. It is one the most effective preventative/early detection/life saving measures there is.
100% If this is in your family there is no reason to be going unchecked at 40. Discuss this with your Dr. and for God sake discuss this with your friends as well. Part of the problem is that generally speaking, guys don't talk about this with one another. As cornwalls said the prep and the procedure are no big deal. A few hours of having the shits is manageable, especially when you're expecting it and the you don't even feel the procedure. KEY word, it's a fucking procedure. One thing I have notice over the last few years is that some doctors are now deferring to a PSA over a digital exam, but it certainly wouldn't be out of line to request one if you have concerns.
 

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Yep, I had colon cancer at probably 48 (it took the dumb doctors way too long to figure out why I had developed anemia) and they found it just in time, it had gotten pretty large and was probably days away from spreading. As it is, they operated very quickly and somehow got it all and I’m fine now five years later, but get colonoscopies. I actually was already getting them and asked for another (!) when this anemia developed but the doctor told me since I’d had one 2-3 years before there was no chance I’d developed cancer in the meantime. WRONG.
 

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RIP, that video was heartbreaking, but I'm glad that he got to see his daughter walk down the aisle.

My mom had colon cancer, and when I tried to schedule the 'oscopy at 38, my doctor basically refused the referral, because she said they didn't do it at all for people under 40 (and that insurance wouldn't cover it anyhow), and the medical community was still divided on when people should start getting them. Despite the fact that I was a little relieved to be off the hook in the short term, I was pretty salty about it later, and my wife (who was the one insisting that I get it after Chadwick Bozeman died), was livid.
 

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Can someone who saw the video describe it? Don't have the cardio fortitude to watch it. I'm sure others may be in the same boat. I'm guessing the wedding date is one of the topics, what else? TIA
 

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I went to the same camp as LT but about 8 years later. Met Corsi there. Fun loving guy who would never mind pitching BP to someone as crummy as I. Terrible to lose him.
 

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Can someone who saw the video describe it? Don't have the cardio fortitude to watch it. I'm sure others may be in the same boat. I'm guessing the wedding date is one of the topics, what else? TIA
It basically started at his daughter's wedding. Showing a video his speech telling why the date was moved up. Back to Jim at home with Steve Burton and his daughters. He tells that he has stage 4 liver cancer and colon cancer It was a mistake that he didn't get a colonoscopy earlier. His daughter officiated his other daughter' wedding. Talking with his daughters how it was to have him walk his daughter down the aisle. Asked if he was afraid of dying. He said no, he was at peace with it. But was sorry for those he'll leave behind. Then shows a video of the local kid pitching for the Sox. Showing his '89 World series ring he won in Oakland. They have video when as a Red Sox and miked, he went to talk to Steve Burton's kids at Fenway. Then he and his daughters were holding containers with chocolate chip cookies. Then they show a more current clip of Eck facetiming Jim now severely emaciated. Then an older clip of one of Jim's Steve Spector singing a song to music loving Jim. The song was Faithfully by Journey. While showing Jim at his daughter's wedding with his daughters. Then They have Steve Burton wrapping it up nearly crying and voice cracking saying "Jim Corsi, we love you with all our hearts. Stay strong my friend."
 

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It basically started at his daughter's wedding. Showing a video his speech telling why the date was moved up. Back to Jim at home with Steve Burton and his daughters. He tells that he has stage 4 liver cancer and colon cancer It was a mistake that he didn't get a colonoscopy earlier. His daughter officiated his other daughter' wedding. Talking with his daughters how it was to have him walk his daughter down the aisle. Asked if he was afraid of dying. He said no, he was at peace with it. But was sorry for those he'll leave behind. Then shows a video of the local kid pitching for the Sox. Showing his '89 World series ring he won in Oakland. They have video when as a Red Sox and miked, he went to talk to Steve Burton's kids at Fenway. Then he and his daughters were holding containers with chocolate chip cookies. Then they show a more current clip of Eck facetiming Jim now severely emaciated. Then an older clip of one of Jim's Steve Spector singing a song to music loving Jim. The song was Faithfully by Journey. While showing Jim at his daughter's wedding with his daughters. Then They have Steve Burton wrapping it up nearly crying and voice cracking saying "Jim Corsi, we love you with all our hearts. Stay strong my friend."
THANK YOU!
 

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You're welcome. I think it is factually accurate but obviously it doesn't represent the emotions of the video very well. I know that you and everybody here knows that and and understand how emotional the video was.