Ryan Freel, a utility player whose major league baseball career was cut short after eight seasons by a series of head and other injuries, was found dead on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. He was 36.
He died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted shotgun wound, Shannon Hartley, a spokesman for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, wrote in an e-mail on Sunday.
Freel, who played second base, third base and all three outfield positions, spent six of his eight big-league seasons with the Cincinnati Reds...
Freel also had trouble related to alcohol. ...
More (w/photo):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/25/sports/baseball/ryan-freel-concussion-plagued-baseball-player-dies-at-36.html
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