You say it's your birthday

February 11, 2008

Belated best wishes to Lenny Dykstra, who turned 45 on Feb. 10. The chaw-sprouting outfielder was part of Mets tandem along with Mookie Wilson — “Mookstra” — during the team’s heyday of the 1980s. He took advantage of his fleeting fame by publishing his profanity-laced autobio, Nails (his nickname). He was later part of one of the Mets’ all-time worst trades, going to the Philadelphia Phillies along with reliever Roger McDowell in exchange for Juan Samuel.

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