The Lake County Fielders will not be playing baseball during the 2012 season, blaming the downfall on the lack of a permanent stadium in Zion.
The Lake County Fielders minor league baseball team is officially throwing in the towel. While the team originally opened with great expectations and great fanfare, the Lake County Fielders have since been the subject of lawsuits and reportedly left players, coaches and staff unpaid. Team owner Richard Ehrenreich had partnered with baseball fan and Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner to form the minor league baseball team. While Costner was more of a silent partner, Ehrenreich battled with the City of Zion to finish building the team's stadium. The city said the team owed them $185,000 in rent before the stadium would be built. Former staff member Greg Koeppen of Grayslake, who served as the public address announcer for the Fielders, filed…
Grayslake resident Greg Koeppen won his lawsuit against the Lake County Fielders, a local baseball team owned by actor Kevin Costner and entrepreneur Rich Ehrenreich. He wants to spearhead a class action lawsuit against the failed team.
The Lake County Fielders, a minor league baseball team based in Zion, fell short on many of its promises to the community, players, and even its public address stadium announcer Greg Koeppen. Koeppen filed suit in December against the Lake County Fielders including team owner Rich Ehrenreich and actor Kevin Costner for back wages he was owed as team public address announcer during the 2011 baseball season. He won his legal challenge before the Lake County Circuit Court system against the team after Ehrenreich repeatedly refused to attend court hearings, Koeppen said in a statement. The most recent summons was served to Ehrenreich by Lake County Sheriff’s officers at his home in Deerfield. “This court victory wasn’t so much about getting …
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