Cecil Fielder retired with more than $47 million in career earnings. Now he's broke - GoFuckYourself.com

pornstar2pac · 10-20-2004, 12:50 PM

http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3092870

Fielder reportedly in hiding over debts
/ FOXSports.com
Posted: 19 hours ago

Cecil Fielder retired with more than $47 million in career earnings and lived in an elegant mansion with his family in Central Florida. Now, it is gone and the former major-league slugger is in hiding having accrued gambling debts that have process servers stalking him, according to the Detroit News.

"Gambling caused Cecil Fielder's empire to collapse," said Al Arostegui, the realtor who sold the Fielders their 50-room palace in Melbourne, Fla., in 1995 for $3.7 million.

Cecil "Big Daddy" Fielder has fallen on hard times after a solid major-league career, which spanned 13 seasons with five different teams. (Brian Bahr / GettyImages)

"This isn't a story of a hero who went bad, but a hero who got sick. For Cecil, gambling is a disease; it's like a cancer of some sort that ate away his wealth."

Arostegui told The News he is owed more than $70,000 by the Fielders in unpaid advertising expenses from his attempts to sell their house for them.

Stacey Fielder says she still loves her husband. However, the two are reportedly mired in bitter divorce proceedings.

"But this isn't the same Cecil," she told the newspaper. "I never saw any of this coming. I never even knew he gambled."

She says that by the time he made his first halting admissions to her about a gambling problem, their house had been foreclosed on by a bank, and a string of lawsuits ? collectively worth millions ? had already been filed by creditors.

Fielder reportedly "never showed that side around me or any of his friends," said Tigers third-base coach Juan Samuel, who has been close to Fielder for 20 years.

"A lot of times it starts small, a little bet here and there, maybe even in the clubhouse ? before you know, things get out of hand."

On a February day in 1999, Fielder reportedly walked into the Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City just before noon, and filled out an application for credit.

Cecil Fielder at a glance

Drafted in 1982 by the Kansas City Royals, Cecil Fielder's rise in baseball took him to Toronto and Japan before he made history with the Detroit Tigers.

In 1990, Fielder hit 51 home runs and drove in 132 runs. He was the first player to reach 50 homers in the American League since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961.

A three-time All Star, Fielder finished with 319 home runs in 13 seasons. He won a World Series ring as a DH with the Yankees in 1996. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", Fielder retired in 1998 after splitting the season with the Angels and Indians.

Fielder was reportedly given a credit line worth $25,000. That money and whatever cash he started with was thought to have lasted a day and a half.

He paid off small amounts of that debt to hold off Trump's collectors on the bulk of the money until September 2000, when at least 10 bank drafts, authorized by Fielder, bounced due to insufficient funds.

"I never knew anything about any of this until I started noticing things when I was doing the finances," Stacey Fielder said. "I'd be going over the bills with the accountant, and I'd be like, 'Hey, there's $35,000 gone from this account. What happened to it?' Then these gambling people just descended on the house one day, and started just taking things out of it. They took my truck.

"We talked about it (Cecil's gambling) only a few times. I was under the impression he was going to get some help."

One day Fielder's son Prince, then an 18-year-old minor leaguer, walked off the field in August 2002 and was approached not by a fan or reporter, but a process server who had been searching for his dad. The man reportedly shoved papers in Prince Fielder's hands naming his father as a defendant in a $387,744 lawsuit.

"Oh, my God, this is the first time I'm hearing that story," Stacey Fielder told the newspaper. "That's just another thing I was kept in the dark about."

BigWebRev · 10-20-2004, 12:52 PM

guess he didn't hit the parlay

fuckup

Manowar · 10-20-2004, 12:53 PM

everyone has their vices

SykkBoy · 10-20-2004, 12:53 PM

yeah, I read about that in USA Today
it's too bad
it just goes to show, no matter how much you make, if you can't keep your demons in check, you'll lose it all

PenisFace · 10-20-2004, 12:54 PM

Jesus people are retarded these days. If you're rich, why would you want to gamble it all away? Stupid, stupid, stupid.

JFK · 10-20-2004, 12:55 PM

sad end

pornstar2pac · 10-20-2004, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BigWebRev
guess he didn't hit the parlay

fuckup

he missed the 20 team parlay again...yes

Strife · 10-20-2004, 01:02 PM

Sad that people with all that money don't know how to control their spenting and gambling habits. Daddy Cecil will have to wait till his son Prince starts bring home the bacon.

Theo · 10-20-2004, 01:05 PM

"Arostegui told The News he is owed more than $70,000 by the Fielders in unpaid advertising expenses from his attempts to sell their house for them."

talking about money mgt

AdultNex · 10-20-2004, 01:06 PM

Who said baseball players (or athletic celebrities) have brains?

Vitasoy · 10-20-2004, 01:07 PM

Some people just don't know how to manage money, another example would be Tyson.

NinjaSteve · 10-20-2004, 01:08 PM

Yeah, I kicked his ass in Party Poker at the no limit table.

Let this be a lesson to you all, don't become a pro base ball player.

xclusive · 10-20-2004, 01:08 PM

Poor guy from what i've heard he wasa nice guy seen him play a few times...

Shooter · 10-20-2004, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AdultNex
Who said baseball players (or athletic celebrities) have brains?

True, but damn he went broke in almost record time

Gheenz · 10-20-2004, 01:11 PM

Just goes to show that athletes are human too and can fuck up and develop addictions just like everyone else. Having money doesn't exempt people from screwing up.

Strife · 10-20-2004, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vitasoy
Some people just don't know how to manage money, another example would be Tyson.

Michael Jackson would be another one.

foolio · 10-20-2004, 01:12 PM

Boneprone fucked him

Goatse · 10-21-2004, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Strife
Michael Jackson would be another one.

Jackson still lives like a king (queen?) though. I'm not sure how he does it since he's supposedly out of liquid assets.

brizzad · 10-21-2004, 10:35 AM

damn, he was a great player, sucks it had to end like this for him

stocktrader23 · 10-21-2004, 10:36 AM

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Originally posted by Goatse
Jackson still lives like a king (queen?) though. I'm not sure how he does it since he's supposedly out of liquid assets.

If I were the King of Pop I'd have some millions stashed that NOBODY knew about.

Sosa · 10-21-2004, 10:40 AM

sucks ass, but prince his son has been doing good in the minors and is pretty young. Being in the brewers farm system he should called up within a few yeas and can pay his dads debts

sickkittens · 10-21-2004, 10:52 AM

That sucks to hear.

Yeah, his son will help out the situation but damage has been done.

AVM · 10-21-2004, 11:07 AM

Better this, than drugs.

Both addicting, and both serious. But it gets a bit jaded, one celebrity/athelete after another, being taken down by drug abuse. This is at least a change of pace.

Alex From San Diego · 10-21-2004, 11:29 AM

Probably got his picks from Pete Rose.

Gynecologist · 10-21-2004, 11:37 AM

I wonder how much his wife horded away. I bet she has a few mill stashed.

69pornlinks · 10-21-2004, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vitasoy
Some people just don't know how to manage money, another example would be Tyson.

Quote:

Originally posted by Strife
Michael Jackson would be another one.

2 bitches STFU how compare the two, dude have agambling problems....silly homos

Mr-No · 10-21-2004, 01:37 PM

So what?
Do I need to feel bad for someone who spent $47M and now he is broke?
Fuck him and fuck the civilization where some stupid guy can earn $47M just for hitting ball with bat...

Doctor Dre · 10-21-2004, 01:39 PM

47 mills and he's broke ? lol

quiet · 10-21-2004, 01:46 PM

i use to gamble all the time back when i really had no money to get into real trouble with. i'm glad gambling no longer has any appeal for me, other than a little of black jack once or twice a year :)

69pornlinks · 10-21-2004, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr-No
So what?
Do I need to feel bad for someone who spent $47M and now he is broke?
Fuck him and fuck the civilization where some stupid guy can earn $47M just for hitting ball with bat...

and the owner which can afford to pay someone this much...oh is this why you hate amerikkka

Pornopat · 10-21-2004, 01:50 PM

Now there is a sad story...

Mr-No · 10-21-2004, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 69pornlinks
and the owner which can afford to pay someone this much...oh is this why you hate amerikkka

WTF you are talking about???

I said civilization, you stupid little guy, not country

I think the same thing about all ppl who are paying millions for football players or any other run/shot/drive...

p.s. Did you ever saw movie Bronx Tale?

Lykos · 10-21-2004, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pornopat
Now there is a sad story...

Indeed

80smetal · 10-21-2004, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Manowar
everyone has their vices

Fuckin right I got 16+ snowmobiles. I gotta build another garage

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pornstar2pac Omaha Hi/Lo Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 17,380	Cecil Fielder retired with more than $47 million in career earnings. Now he's broke http://msn.foxsports.com/story/3092870 Fielder reportedly in hiding over debts / FOXSports.com Posted: 19 hours ago Cecil Fielder retired with more than $47 million in career earnings and lived in an elegant mansion with his family in Central Florida. Now, it is gone and the former major-league slugger is in hiding having accrued gambling debts that have process servers stalking him, according to the Detroit News. "Gambling caused Cecil Fielder's empire to collapse," said Al Arostegui, the realtor who sold the Fielders their 50-room palace in Melbourne, Fla., in 1995 for $3.7 million. Cecil "Big Daddy" Fielder has fallen on hard times after a solid major-league career, which spanned 13 seasons with five different teams. (Brian Bahr / GettyImages) "This isn't a story of a hero who went bad, but a hero who got sick. For Cecil, gambling is a disease; it's like a cancer of some sort that ate away his wealth." Arostegui told The News he is owed more than $70,000 by the Fielders in unpaid advertising expenses from his attempts to sell their house for them. Stacey Fielder says she still loves her husband. However, the two are reportedly mired in bitter divorce proceedings. "But this isn't the same Cecil," she told the newspaper. "I never saw any of this coming. I never even knew he gambled." She says that by the time he made his first halting admissions to her about a gambling problem, their house had been foreclosed on by a bank, and a string of lawsuits ? collectively worth millions ? had already been filed by creditors. Fielder reportedly "never showed that side around me or any of his friends," said Tigers third-base coach Juan Samuel, who has been close to Fielder for 20 years. "A lot of times it starts small, a little bet here and there, maybe even in the clubhouse ? before you know, things get out of hand." On a February day in 1999, Fielder reportedly walked into the Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City just before noon, and filled out an application for credit. Cecil Fielder at a glance Drafted in 1982 by the Kansas City Royals, Cecil Fielder's rise in baseball took him to Toronto and Japan before he made history with the Detroit Tigers. In 1990, Fielder hit 51 home runs and drove in 132 runs. He was the first player to reach 50 homers in the American League since Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1961. A three-time All Star, Fielder finished with 319 home runs in 13 seasons. He won a World Series ring as a DH with the Yankees in 1996. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", Fielder retired in 1998 after splitting the season with the Angels and Indians. Fielder was reportedly given a credit line worth $25,000. That money and whatever cash he started with was thought to have lasted a day and a half. He paid off small amounts of that debt to hold off Trump's collectors on the bulk of the money until September 2000, when at least 10 bank drafts, authorized by Fielder, bounced due to insufficient funds. "I never knew anything about any of this until I started noticing things when I was doing the finances," Stacey Fielder said. "I'd be going over the bills with the accountant, and I'd be like, 'Hey, there's $35,000 gone from this account. What happened to it?' Then these gambling people just descended on the house one day, and started just taking things out of it. They took my truck. "We talked about it (Cecil's gambling) only a few times. I was under the impression he was going to get some help." One day Fielder's son Prince, then an 18-year-old minor leaguer, walked off the field in August 2002 and was approached not by a fan or reporter, but a process server who had been searching for his dad. The man reportedly shoved papers in Prince Fielder's hands naming his father as a defendant in a $387,744 lawsuit. "Oh, my God, this is the first time I'm hearing that story," Stacey Fielder told the newspaper. "That's just another thing I was kept in the dark about." __________________ Trump haters gonna hate. that's all they can do

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