If you believe World Series-winning Miami Marlins legend Livan Hernandez, his financial situation might be as epically dire as his time on the Marlins mount was epically inspiring.
But then again, that’s what Hernandez claimed in a mid-January deposition in a lawsuit filed against him two years ago by a former friend, who says the retired pitcher borrowed $200,000 from him for a few days but has yet to pay him back.
According to the lawyer representing Key Biscayne investor German Rodriguez, a baseball fan befriended by Hernandez who was talked into lending the money, Hernandez spent an hour trying to convince him he has nothing left after 13 Major League Baseball seasons and an estimated $50 million in earnings.