The Framingham logistics manager and father of two spent his final six hours attempting to foul off pitching-machine heat just to prove a point.
Todd Fiske, 45, of Framingham, died Tuesday of profound exhaustion and blunt-force trauma after stubbornly refusing to exit the 80-mph cage at Route 9 Batting World.
A logistics manager who prided himself on getting his money's worth, Fiske was known throughout his cul-de-sac for his unbreakable will, having once spent three days appealing a municipal citation for a too-tall mailbox. Though he had not swung a bat since 1993, Fiske entered the cage at 4:15 p.m. with three pounds of brass tokens and a stated refusal to let a machine dictate his afternoon.
Todd never knew when to walk away, whether it was a debate about property lines or an automated pitching mechanism hurling urethane fastballs at his ribs for six consecutive hours.
Fiske is survived by his wife, Diane; two sons who spent his final hours begging him to just get in the car; and a garage full of half-finished drywall projects. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that mourners simply yield when merging.