Cecil Fielder interview on Hot Stove 2/19

[Teatoe993]

Watching it right now. Looks like he's gonna talk about Prince a bit.

[Blancofan1]

Wanted to watch it, but got the same old "this channel is currently unavailable". I hate Time Warner and I hate having to reset my box everytime that I want to watch the MLB Network!!

[brucrustu]

Vasgersion:"What does he do better than you?"

 

Cecil:"Nothing" "Maybe he runs better, otherwise nothing"

 

 

Also showed a clip of a young Prince hitting bp in a tigers jersey batting righty.

[Teatoe993]

I'm pretty sure they just replay the same episode into the next morning. Hopefully more people will be able to catch it.

[brucrustu]

Thanks for putting this up.

The two things I quoted above were worth the price of admission.

 

Also never heard Prince was a natural right hander. "It's a lefties' game" so says Cecil

 

Now Gagne talk, nice.

[Ennder]

Wanted to watch it, but got the same old "this channel is currently unavailable". I hate Time Warner and I hate having to reset my box everytime that I want to watch the MLB Network!!

Exchange boxes. Everyone I know who has had this problem has had it fixed by just getting a new box. Some of them are just faulty.

[billyhallfan]

it was a great interview, before the thing about prince he talked about how he doesn't watch any baseball anymore except for prince, because he thinks the whole game is messed up...he said it isn't only a-rod, or selig, it is everybody, and that the players have gotten so full of themselves, and they don't give anytime to the fans anymore...he said that players should always give something back to the fans, and there should always be interaction between the fan and player, and it ticks him off that some players think they are too good for that, when the fans are the ones allowing them to get paid to play...they asked him about jeter in 96, and he said he was crazy and always played mariah carey music...when talking about prince he said that prince wanted to be his own man, but hopefully time will heal it...because he only has one dad, and pretty much everything else that we've heard already, it was nice seeing the thing about the fans though...it is on again at 10:00 pm, it is pretty funny too, i'd reccomend watching it if you can...

[SoundsFan17]

I watched the interview tonight too down in Nashville. I thought that he seemed like a pretty good guy and I liked alot of what he had to say. I have heard that he and Prince don't get along or are not on speaking terms or whatever, but this was the first I have ever heard from either of them. Can someone please fill me in on whats up between them?

[1992casey]

The short story is that Cecil lost his millions through bad business investments and gambling debts while keeping it secret from his family, the family lost their home, Cecil took money from Prince's bank account without asking, bill collectors tried to collect from Prince for Cecil's debts, etc.

• JS Online: Life's no dream for Fielder
• USATODAY.com - Fielder vows to repay debt
• USATODAY.com - Poor tale of Cecil Fielder
• JS Online: Fielder interview wasn't Schroeder's best

[Jim Goulart]

Video here

 

Love the video of Prince around 12 years old, and taking some hacks at his natural right-handed as well...

[DHonks]

I find it interesting that people seem impressed Fielder is a natural righty. A significant portion of MLB left-handed hitters are actually righties. On the PGA golf tour, the golfer known as "lefty" is actually a righty. There is a common theory in sports that it's better to hit opposite-handed in swinging sports, as it allows the dominant hand to lead the swing and the weak hand to roll through.

 

Cecil was a very good fielder (no pun intended) and was very agile. His son is more bowling ball shaped. While quick, Prince is also nowhere near the defender his father was

[Dragonbait]

"There is a common theory in sports that it's better to hit opposite-handed in swinging sports, as it allows the dominant hand to lead the swing and the weak hand to roll through"

 

...and yet I cannot hit a lick.

[trwi7]

There is a common theory in sports that it's better to hit opposite-handed in swinging sports, as it allows the dominant hand to lead the swing and the weak hand to roll through.

Yep, I'm a lefty, but I bat right handed for baseball, swing right handed for golf and shoot right handed for hockey. My right leg is completely useless when it comes to sports like soccer however. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[davemakovec]

My dad and brother are true lefties. I think the theory that people should lead with their dominant hand in swinging is mostly so that right-handed coaches don't have to teach left-handed players how to swing naturally. Just turn them around, and it'll be easy to teach!

 

If this theory had any weight, I think a much higher percentage of righties would be swinging lefty. Namely, 100.

[CheezWizHed]

"There is a common theory in sports that it's better to hit opposite-handed in swinging sports, as it allows the dominant hand to lead the swing and the weak hand to roll through"

 

Thats what I've been doing wrong! Too bad I'm past prospect age now... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[endaround]

Not sure how good a fielder Cecil was, by his third full year he was already playing 1/4 of the games at DH. That doesn't happen if you're a great fielder.

[Fatter than Joey]

Not sure how good a fielder Cecil was, by his third full year he was already playing 1/4 of the games at DH.

 

He wasn't Keith Hernandez, but he was better than Prince is.

[Tailgat0r76]

Really? Career numbers:

 

Cecil:

.255/.345/.482/.827

 

Prince:

.278/.370/.533/.903

 

Not to mention Princes 12 SB, to Cecil's 2.

[eanelson4]

Cecil:

.255/.345/.482/.827

 

Prince:

.278/.370/.533/.903

They were talking defense, not offense.

[fondybrewfan]

Vasgersion:"What does he do better than you?"

 

Cecil:"Nothing" "Maybe he runs better, otherwise nothing"

 

Seems the me that Prince is better at batting average, better at getting on base, and has a higher slugging percentage than his pops. Looks like Prince is better than his dad at a lot of things.

[Tailgat0r76]

They were talking defense, not offense.

Ahh, gotcha; I'm blind. the whole "fielder" and that being his last name screwed me up.

[Fatter than Joey]

Really? Career numbers:

Cecil:

.255/.345/.482/.827

Prince:

.278/.370/.533/.903

 

I was speaking to defense -- but I don't think you can really compare Cecil and Prince the way you do effectively... I'd say through their first 3 years they are pretty even when compare to his peers..

[Ennder]

I'd say through their first 3 years they are pretty even when compare to his peers..

 

I've never really bought this argument for things. So because the average hitter was less talented in the past it means that the good hitters were somehow better? That never really made much sense to me. Part of the reason I think OPS+ and ERA+ are so useless (there are other reasons though like they are flawed at the core level).

[Fatter than Joey]

So because the average hitter was less talented in the past it means that the good hitters were somehow better?

 

I don't know what to tell you -- 1990 was different than 2006 -- different parks, different pitchers, etc... When Cecil hit 51, the next closest was 40 -- that's a pretty big gap. Cecil had some pretty decent years.

 

I dont think you can compare an AL hitter's OPS from 1990 to a NL hitter from 2006 and readily conclude one is better than the other.

[lodiness]

Cecil came off as a really big prick in my opinion. Very concieted.