Carlton Fisk, the one-time White Sox great who was found passed out behind the wheel in a New Lenox field three months ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence.
Fisk has agreed to pay $1,250 in court costs and was sentenced to one year's court supervision under the plea deal approved by Will County Judge Bennett Braun, a story published by the Chicago Tribune said.
He must also undergo an alcohol abuse evaluation and meet with a panel of people who have had family and friends killed by drunken drivers, the story said.
Fisk, 64 and a part-time New Lenox resident, was arrested Oct. 22 after police found him passed out inside his pickup truck, which he drove into a field near Gougar and Spencer roads. A bottle of vodka was found in the truck, New Lenox police said.
He was charged with driving under the influence, transportation of alcohol and improper lane usage, the latter two of which were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea to the misdemeanor DUI count.
Fisk's defense attorney Stephen White said his client did not realize the effect that mixing alcohol and prescription drugs would have on his ability to drive, according to the Tribune story.
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Where's the editor? Carlton Fisk is a Hall of Fame catcher not a pitcher.