How can Cecil Fielder owe that much?

Somebody hit it earlier: penalties and interest.

You can owe the bastards $100 on Wednesday and it's into four figures before you know it. Add a few more zeroes to the original amount, and you can see how it could happen.

Yeah, most guys want cash upfront for card shows because the promoters have a history of issuing bad checks or forgetting to pay after the show does less business than expected.

Duke Snider got popped for nor reporting cash payments for autograph shows.

 

Been said on here a hundred times:

Do NOT fuck around with the IRS.