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You Think Your Job Sucks?

Edgy DC Mar 16 2009 07:55 AM

For the record, Lenny has denied the accusations of this article: http://men.style.com/gq/features/landin ... ntent_8558 He better.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 16 2009 08:27 AM

Oh yeah. "I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I gotta admit the truth: It turned me on."

metirish Mar 16 2009 10:12 AM

WOW , if even a smidgen of this is true then Lenny must be an all time asshole. It reads like a classic scam story.

Edgy DC Mar 16 2009 10:17 AM

I never bought his act myself, but I think, with what's already part of the public record, we can pretty much conclude that Dykstra's carried on like a hole for a long time.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 16 2009 10:20 AM

Yeah, little to gain I would think for a guy like that to make up a story like that. Oh, and very easy to have forseen this moment coming. The good news for Dykstra I suppose is the opportunity now to spin this as all part of the larger economic downturn.

dgwphotography Mar 16 2009 12:07 PM

To be honest, this sort of thing really doesn't surprise me....

Fman99 Mar 18 2009 09:32 AM

Wow.

duan Mar 18 2009 09:48 AM

grim stuff isn't it.

Edgy DC Jun 22 2009 10:35 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 22 2009 10:50 AM

More coming down the pike. I think we're weeks away ffrom some breakng news of him speeding toward the border with a fake beard in his glove compartment. Special request to the world: can future stories about Dykstra not include a super closeup?

metirish Jun 22 2009 10:48 AM

No class at all. "I never carry less than $1,000. But flying high? Looks like I'm still flying pretty f------ high. And by the way, I'm flying higher." Hate to see a guy go down like this but jeez he hardly makes it easy does he.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2009 11:11 AM

I'm glad that I never liked him.

Fman99 Jun 22 2009 12:28 PM

[quote="Edgy DC":29v6k54o]More coming down the pike. I think we're weeks away ffrom some breakng news of him speeding toward the border with a fake beard in his glove compartment. Special request to the world: can future stories about Dykstra not include a super closeup?[/quote:29v6k54o] What's more likely: Lenny suicide, or Lenny in shackles off to Stony Lonesome? Seems like a toss up to me.

SteveJRogers Jun 22 2009 03:07 PM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2if7t1ae]I'm glad that I never liked him.[/quote:2if7t1ae] So you liked seeing Juan Samuel in center rather than him?

TransMonk Jun 22 2009 03:15 PM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":2d3e9312]I'm glad that I never liked him.[/quote:2d3e9312] I'm sorry I ever did. He was one of my faves as a kid. Though the Philly years and the steroids have soured him enough for me.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 22 2009 04:35 PM

[quote="SteveJRogers":9dms5l1a][quote="Benjamin Grimm":9dms5l1a]I'm glad that I never liked him.[/quote:9dms5l1a] So you liked seeing Juan Samuel in center rather than him?[/quote:9dms5l1a] You're connecting some dots that aren't there. All I said was that I never liked Lenny Dykstra.

SteveJRogers Jun 22 2009 04:49 PM

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1wqpxifh][quote="SteveJRogers":1wqpxifh][quote="Benjamin Grimm":1wqpxifh]I'm glad that I never liked him.[/quote:1wqpxifh] So you liked seeing Juan Samuel in center rather than him?[/quote:1wqpxifh] You're connecting some dots that aren't there. All I said was that I never liked Lenny Dykstra.[/quote:1wqpxifh] Not really, just being a wise ass since that is considered one of the worse trades in team history.

Willets Point Jun 22 2009 05:54 PM

Does Lenny Dykstra make his employees masterbate animals to collect their sperm? Because that's the worst job according to internet.

Edgy DC Jun 22 2009 06:22 PM

[quote="SteveJRogers":1s897rfm]Not really, just being a wise ass since that is considered one of the worse trades in team history.[/quote:1s897rfm] Not necessary.

metirish Jul 08 2009 01:16 PM

From the AP LOS ANGELES - Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has sought bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles, citing more than $31 million in debts. Federal court documents show Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 status on Tuesday. He listed assets of $50,000 or less and liabilities of between $10 million and $50 million. Dykstra, whose lifestyle included a lavish house, a jet and a Rolls Royce, says he owes millions of dollars to his 20 largest creditors, many of them banks. His filing follows at least two dozen lawsuits over his business and financial dealings. Dykstra, nicknamed "Nails" for his rough-and-ready style, is a former All-Star who spent 12 years with the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. He won a World Series with the Mets in 1986.

Edgy DC Jul 08 2009 01:20 PM

Oh, dear.

soupcan Jul 09 2009 07:35 AM

So - was Lenny just a big con artist or did he just get cocky after making a boatload of money and thought everything he touched would turn to gold? I'm tempted to go with option A.

Edgy DC Jul 09 2009 07:57 AM

Probably somewhere between. An independent audit showed his investment strategies for over x time TheStreet.com would yield an impresive return. I guess ike a lot of people, he foolishly expected that return to perpetuate itself, with compounded earnings, and over-leveraged himself based on that expected income. Add to that the cockiness and charm of an ex-jock able to shake down people who want to trust him against their better judgment, and it makes for a potent cocktail of self-delusion and borderline criminal deception.

Fman99 Jul 09 2009 08:12 AM

[quote="metirish"]From the AP LOS ANGELES - Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has sought bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles, citing more than $31 million in debts. Federal court documents show Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 status on Tuesday. He listed assets of $50,000 or less and liabilities of between $10 million and $50 million. Dykstra, whose lifestyle included a lavish house, a jet and a Rolls Royce, says he owes millions of dollars to his 20 largest creditors, many of them banks. His filing follows at least two dozen lawsuits over his business and financial dealings. Dykstra, nicknamed "Nails" for his rough-and-ready style, is a former All-Star who spent 12 years with the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies. He won a World Series with the Mets in 1986.

He should do what other ex-jocks do -- go play golf somewhere, fade away, disappear, spare the rest of us.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 11 2009 12:03 PM

http://deadspin.com/5312028/lenny-dykst ... e=true&s=i Nice employment of a popular Interweb meme in conjunction with Lenny's sad CNBC interview the other day. (I especially like the network-interview-style cutaways to the cat's lying-in-wait.)

Edgy DC Jul 11 2009 12:43 PM

Does this make any sense to any of you smarter people? http://www.cnbc.com/id/31833973/ I guess his complaint does. But he doesn't. Anyhow, Bucket was dead right about how Dykstra would spin it.

Methead Jul 11 2009 01:06 PM

Is he drunk or is that just the way he talks all the time? I guess he's under a lot of stress... I'd probably need a few drinks too. I remember reading interviews where he brags about how it's going to be so easy to flip the Gretzky house and make a quick $8 million... with that in mind it doesn't seem like he was paying close attention to the details of any mortgage(s) he signed. Watching that video, it's tough to imagine anyone feeling confident doing business with Lenny.

Edgy DC Jul 17 2009 07:48 AM

Divorce getting ugly. That's always a charming subplot in these stories. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2 ... m-divorce/

Frayed Knot Jul 17 2009 07:53 AM

I heard some guy on the radio a week or so back saying that legal claims have been filed by Lenny's mother and brother for money he owes them.

Edgy DC Jul 17 2009 07:59 AM

Get the brother angle from carwash.com I couldn't find a reference to Mommy's lawsuit, but here's a place where she allegedly got entangled. Last month, though, on March 23, Dykstra picked up the phone and woke up his mother with a call at around 6 in the morning, according to Kevin Dykstra, his younger brother. Lenny was stranded in Cleveland. He wanted to charter a jet so he could get to a business meeting on the West Coast, and his credit cards were maxed out. He needed nearly $23,000 and asked his mother for it, Kevin says. His mother agreed to let him use her credit card. Kevin Dykstra says she has yet to be repaid. "He had no money," says Lenny's brother. "He is on the phone, crying to my mom, saying he has got to get home and he is in Cleveland, Ohio. He asked my mom to put up her credit card for 23 grand. That is just sick, dude. "The whole family is mad and she is all sad, saying he caught her off guard. She was asleep. He was crying to her, man." About the use of his mother's credit card, Dykstra says, "Listen to me, the millions of dollars I've spent on them -- I mean, I don't know what you're talking about. That is why I can't talk to you no more." What's the deal with his attachment to chartered flights? I don't know how to rub two dollars together, but if I've got to guess any one thing that has brought him down, this seems to be it.

Frayed Knot Jul 17 2009 08:10 AM

I think rich folk get used to doing things a certain way (like flying charters rather than coach) and it takes them too long to realize that they can't automatically handle the luxuries the way they used to. Which of Hemingway's characters was it that explained how he went broke; "two ways: slowly at first, then quickly"

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 14 2009 02:44 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

How much sadder does this get? This much sadder, at least: http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.p ... t_No=82286 http://sports.ha.com/common/view_item.p ... t_No=82287

dgwphotography Sep 14 2009 03:30 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

A more complete list: [url]http://sports.ha.com/common/search_items.php?txtSearch=lenny+dykstra&hdnSearch=true&chkSupplies=

TransMonk Sep 14 2009 03:47 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

I guess I was unaware that individual players got a WS trophy. I thought it was just a ring for each player and a trophy to the team. If I had a few thousand bucks lying around I would be one of the assholes bidding on this crap.

Gwreck Sep 14 2009 03:50 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

It's a "mini" trophy. Height 12 inches. Somebody else's was up for sale recently, too, I think. Provenance on the Dykstra stuff, per the auction's offical catalog: THE LENNY DYKSTRA COLLECTION He’s one of the most fascinating fi gures in modern sports, a scrappy lead-off hitter for the 1986 World Champion New York Mets and 1993 National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies remembered for clutch hits, bench-clearing brawls and a bulging cheek of chewing tobacco. Who could have imagined that, upon his 1996 retirement from baseball, the most intriguing chapter of Lenny Dykstra’s life was only beginning? As of last year, the man they called “Nails” had amassed a massive personal stock portfolio, served as president of a chain of car washes and a real estate development company, and had recently founded a high-end jet charter service geared toward professional athletes known as The Player’s Club. On the popular television investment program “Mad Money,” Jim Cramer touted him as a legend in the field, calling him “one of the great ones.” It appeared that this former jock was actually a financial genius. Then the bottom fell out. Now the defendant in a slew of legal actions, Dykstra has seen his nine-figure empire evaporate, filing bankruptcy for protection from creditors. The treasures of his baseball career were among the last to go, and they are presented here in the lots that follow. The Lenny Dykstra Collection is consigned to Heritage by Yossi Dina, known as “the Pawnbroker to the Rich and Famous.” The proprietor of South Beverly Wilshire Jewelry and Loan, Dina has been amassing for over twenty-five years a treasure trove of rare gems, priceless antiques and fine original art from forfeited loans as well as from his years of acquiring some of the highest quality and rare collectibles from the personal Estates of internationally prominent families and celebrities. Now one of the many creditors unable to assess repayment of a loan made to Lenny Dykstra, he has employed the services of Heritage Auction Galleries to recoup the funds through the sale of this collection.

metirish Sep 14 2009 04:44 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

Keith shows off his two mini WS trophies in the video I linked earlier.

themetfairy Sep 14 2009 07:17 PM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

[quote="metirish":1tjf2dwz]Keith shows off his two mini WS trophies in the video I linked earlier.[/quote:1tjf2dwz] Yes - if you hadn't said that I was going to.

dgwphotography Sep 15 2009 05:05 AM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

The worst part is that Mrs. DGW has a Phillies jersey in her closet because of this tool...

Edgy DC Sep 15 2009 07:50 AM Re: You Think Your Job Sucks?

If that's the worst part for you, than you got off OK. Unfortunately, other people have been hurt much more deeply than that.