Todd Stottlemyre Looks to Cash in with Multi-Level Marketing

Posted Mar 18th 2010 10:30AM by Zac Bissonnette

Back in August, former pitcher Todd Stottlemyre, a veteran of 14 Major League seasons who last pitched with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002, was looking to start his own hedge fund in the wake of fellow retired baseball player Lenny Dykstra's spectacular crash and burn.

These days, his financial aspirations seem to be a little less high finance. Actually, a lot less. The Globe and Mail reports that Stottlemyre "wants Canadians to join his network at ACN, a multi-level marketing company that promises an ongoing stream of commissions for members who manage to convince friends and associates to buy telecom services through them from companies such as Telus Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc."

Stottlemyre told the newspaper that he earned $7,000 with the company last month, and recently took out an ad in a local newspaper to lure prospective network marketers to a hotel conference room to learn about the income opportunity.

"Here's what I bring to the team -- I'll come to your house and you can invite everybody you know," Stottlemyre told the newspaper. "You can say, 'Remember that crazy fool that was a baseball player in this town? Well, he's at my house tonight and you should come over.' That's what I can bring to the table."

ACN has a history with regulators, and there's quite a bit of complaining about the company on the internet. Stottlemyre himself is also no stranger to controversy. In 1994, he was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and battery on a police officer. Then there's this video of him urging the Mayor of Philadelphia to kiss his posterior. And then there's this clip of him freaking out about who knows what.

Tags: acn, Lenny Dykstra, mlb, Todd Stottlemyre