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Steve Rushin was a guest on Milwaukee’s WUWM to discuss his new book, The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobble Heads, Cracker Jacks, Jock Straps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objects. You can read about and listen to his appearance here. Missed this one from Nov. 29: On […]
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David Epstein published this article on “How Lenny Dykstra Got Nailed.” The writer elaborates on the story on the “Inside Sports Illustrated Podcast.” Last week the cover story was “Marlinsanity.” Cute. Very original.
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Lenny Dykstra was sentenced to three years “in a California state prison after pleading no contest to grand theft auto and providing a false financial statement.” Dykstra published his memoir Nails: The Inside Story of an Amazin’ Season shortly after the Mets’ 1986 World Championship.
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Harvey Araton published this piece on “Nails” in today’s New York Times. One of the failed projects the ex-ballplayer was working on was The Player’s Club, a magazine designed specifically for recently retired athletes. Suffice it to say that it never really got off the ground. I’m almost willing to bet that Dykstra has AADD. […]
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Lenny Dykstra turns 48 today. Along with Davey Johnson and Keith Hernandez, Dykstra was one of those Mets who parlayed his sudden fame following their 1986 World Championship to publish a book (Nails: The Inside Story of an Amazin’ Season, written with Marty Noble). At the time, I remember thinking how vulgar the language was. […]
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Former Met chaw-chewer and car-wash tycoon Lenny Dykstra supposedly made a big name for himself as an investment genius. Eh, maybe not. But he is prominently featured in The Zeroes, by Randall Lane, according to this review in The Wall Street Journal. You may recall that Dykstra was also going to try his hand at […]
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How the mighty — and not so mighty — have fallen: According to this story on the Sports Collector’s Daily website Dykstra’s 1986 World Series Ring Brings $56,762 I wonder if Baseball Americana had time to include it.
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The literary gadabout Lenny Dykstra is in a bit of a pickle, it seems. In the New York Post‘s Media Ink column, Keith J, Kelley writes about the difficulties between the former pop culture icon/car wash mogul/ financial guru and his literary agent, who’s taken him to court to receive back monies. Dykstra was supposed […]
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I could understand the car wash gig. But this?? From a guy who could barely keep the tobacco juice from dribbling down his chin?
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Awhile back it was announced that Lenny Dylstra was working on a lifestyle magazine aimed at former professional athletes which would also purportedly help them manage their finances. Not so fast. According to this piece in the New York Post, there’s trouble a-brewing’.
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Doubledown Media, LLC (http://www.doubledownmedia.com), announced its newest magazine launch, The Players Club — a magazine by and for professional athletes launched in partnership with New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star outfielder Lenny Dykstra. The Players Club will be focused on providing athletes with the resources to make well-informed financial and lifestyle decisions. Dykstra, a […]
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If one doesn’t expect to see the name Lenny Dykstra in the same sentence as New Yorker magazine, it’s probably a similar sentiment that one would seek him out for investment tips. Au contraire, according to this piece on MoneyCNN.com.
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If ever there was a player who did not fit the New Yorker mold, it’s Lenny Dykstra, former Mets star. Ben McGrath wrote this in-depth profile about what “Nails” is doing these days. In fact, he’s is doing pretty well (“Improbably, he has since become a successful day trader. “). He’s also “launching a magazine, […]
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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 […]
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In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
My article on Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series appears in
My article on the later biographies of Babe Ruth appears in
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Profiles of several Jewish baseball figures appear in
