The Sad Tale of Cecil Fielder

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This is a pretty sad tale to read, when you consider what the man had...

http://www.detnews.com/2004/tigers/0410/18/a01-306142.htm

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 01:20 (twenty-one years ago)

That's extremely sad.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 01:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Horrible. I feel worst for his children (but not so much Prince).

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.detnews.com/2004/tigers/0410/21/f01-311090.htm

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 22 October 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Jesus Christ.

― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Friday, 22 October 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)

How is Prince doing? I remember reading that his weight problems were even worse than his father (maye Moneyball?), I hope he's keeping the pounds off and can have a nice career.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 22 October 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Ceclynn?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 22 October 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

The saga continues ... Fielder sues Detroit News for libel:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1936092

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 December 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

twenty-one years pass...

That link that starts this thread is gone...I guess it was about the rift between father and son? Anyway, Cecil seems pretty happy these days; I keep get Facebook clips of his interview with All the Smoke, and he's a fantastically funny story-teller.

― clemenza, Friday, 31 July 2026 23:06 (one month ago)

It was a lengthy front-page story on Cecil's disastrous gambling addiction and resulting divorce. Cecil had been in hiding -- a process server tracked Prince down in A-ball. Cecil later filed a libel suit that was dismissed. Bad stuff all around.

― Andy K, Thursday, 6 August 2026 20:59 (one month ago)

I've either forgotten or never knew that about the gambling.

― clemenza, Friday, 7 August 2026 01:38 (one month ago)

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