Cecil Fielder To Manage A.C. Surf

The Atlantic City Surf’s manager from last season is now a part-owner of the team, and so the team knew there was only one man who could lead the Surf to the championship: Cecil Fielder.

The robust slugger, who hit 51 homers in 1991, managed the Charlotte County Redfish last year and moves up to the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball team this year. (The team is no longerin the Atlantic League with Camden; the Battle of the Atlantic City Expressway is no more.) He’s also the dad of 2006 NL Rookie of the Year Prince Fielder!

“I’m excited to join the Surf organization,” Fielder said in a release, because he certainly wasn’t going to be disappointed to get a new job. “This is a great opportunity, and we’re putting together a team that will give one hundred percent every night. I’m looking forward to managing in such a strong baseball area, and we’re working to bring another championship to Atlantic City.”

The Surf previously employed Mitch Williams as a pitcher/manager; it seems unlikely Fielder would be called on to pinch hit, but we can hope. (Here’s a photo of Cecil now.)

Things must be going better for Fielder nowadays. It is not always a man who lost his fortune gambling takes a job in Atlantic City.

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