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Lenny Dykstra files for bankruptcy in Los Angeles: Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has sought bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles, citing more than $31 million in debts.
Former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra files for bankruptcy: In the strongest evidence yet that his financial empire is crumbling, former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in a California court.
MLB Notebook | Lenny Dykstra files for bankruptcy in L.A.: Lenny Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a petition that says the former Major League Baseball All-Star owes $10 million...
Ex-Mets star Dykstra files for bankruptcy in LA: Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has sought bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles, citing more than $31 million in debts.
Dykstra files for bankruptcy protection: NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra, the former star centerfielder for the Phillies and Mets, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Reuters news service reports.
Ex-Phil Dykstra files for bankruptcy: In the strongest evidence yet that his financial empire is crumbling, former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday in a California court.
Lenny Dykstra files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection: Lenny Dykstra has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court records show.
Ex-Mets OF Dykstra files for bankruptcy (AP): 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, $31 million in debt, files for bankruptcy: Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has sought bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles, citing more than $31 million in debts.
HBO feature suggests Dykstra's empire in trouble: In a provocative piece scheduled to air on the HBO program"Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" tomorrow night (10 o'clock), correspondent Bernard Goldberg updates a segment that initially aired in March 2008 on Lenny Dykstra, the former Phillies star who has since become the target of some 20 lawsuits from his activities as a financial entrepreneur.
Tony Paul: Ex-Met Lenny'Nails'Dykstra gets hammered by former employee:
If a report in the April issue of GQ is to be believed, Lenny Dykstra's world is about to come crashing down. The writer -- Dykstra's former photo editor at The Players Club, a niche magazine targeted at professional athletes pulling down multi-million-dollar salaries -- paints the former Mets outfielder as racist, homophobic and an arrogant cash swindler who used employees' credit cards to jet around the country in a private plane.
Dykstra: GQ story is a 'lie': CLEARWATER, Fla. - A story in the April issue of GQ magazine paints a damning portrait of Lenny Dykstra, the former Phillies star turned businessman.
Say it ain't so, Lenny: About a year ago, HBO's Real Sports did an interview with Lenny Dykstra. You remember the one. It painted Nails as the world's most unlikely financial wizard - a self-made, successful (and less craven) version of Jim Cramer.
GQ paints unflattering portrait of Dykstra: CLEARWATER, Fla. - A story in the April issue of GQ magazine paints a damning portrait of Lenny Dykstra, the former Phillies star turned business man.
Kruk, Daulton, Dykstra among Phillies Wall of Fame candidates: John Kruk, Darren Daulton and Lenny Dykstra are among the 15 Phillies alumni listed on the team's Wall of Fame online ballot.
Sam Donnellon: Popular athletes able to weather steroid scandals: BACK WHEN HE patrolled centerfield with a wad of chew and Lord knows what else in his system, Lenny Dykstra was a fan favorite. He could stroll disdainfully past autograph-pleading fans, roll his car over after a bachelor party and explain away his morphing from a Punch-and-Judy hitter to Popeye's twin brother with a wink and a teeth-blackened smile.
Dykstra settles with tax firm; says it folded 'like Mitch': Former Phillies centerfielder Lenny Dykstra has hammered out a deal with an accounting firm that claimed he owed it more than $100,000.
Ex-Mets OF Dykstra settles accounting firm lawsuit: NEW YORK (AP) -- Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has hammered out a deal with an accounting firm that claimed he owed it more than $100,000....
Ex-Mets OF Dykstra settles accounting firm lawsuit: Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has hammered out a deal with an accounting firm that claimed he owed it more than $100,000.
Rather than fight, Dykstra settles with accountants: Former major league outfielder Lenny Dykstra has hammered out a deal with an accounting firm that claimed he owed it more than $100,000.
Dykstra settles accounting firm lawsuit (AP): Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra has hammered out a deal with an accounting firm that claimed he owed it more than $100,000. Dykstra and DDK & Co. sealed the deal in Manhattan federal court on Monday. Terms of the deal were not revealed. Dykstra had said in February he was looking forward to fighting the lawsuit because he wanted people to stop trying to rip off ballplayers.
'Nails' gets on, but can't score: 1990: Lenny Dykstra turned into the kind of leadoff hitter the Phillies felt they had acquired the previous season from the New York Mets. The guy known as"Nails" batted .325 and led the National League with a .418 on-base percentage. He tied f
Dykstra making business his game: NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra speaks six languages.The former all-star lets this tidbit hang in the air for a few seconds, eyes twinkling mischievously, until he can't hold in the smile any longer.
After solid baseball career, now Dykstra nails the stock picks: NEW YORK - Lenny Dykstra speaks six languages.The former Phillies All-Star lets this tidbit hang in the air for a few seconds, eyes twinkling mischievously, until he can't hold in the smile any longer.
High and Inside: NL Notes: The world knoweth no love like that of a father for his son. In a New York Times article on Cutter Dykstra, the 18-year-old son of ex-Phillie Lenny and a likely first-round draft pick, the writer mentioned to Dad that his son was probably better than he was at this stage of his career. Lenny Dykstra, the Times noted,"bristled.""I hit .550 and didn't strike out once my senior year," the proud papa snapped.
Cause for a pause: Dykstra a major-league investor: Ex-major leaguer Lenny Dykstra has become a heavy hitter in the investment world. A subscription to his Dykstra Report newsletter costs $49.95 a month. He travels by private jet and bought Wayne Gretzky's estate in Ventura County, Calif., for $17.5 million.
Lenny Dykstra building reputation as investment adviser: Lenny Dykstra might not have read books, but no one ever doubted his smarts.The former Phillies star was a savvy leadoff hitter who could work a contract negotiation as cleverly as he worked a rookie pitcher.
Affidavit: Grimsley implicates players: Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of using steroids by former Major League pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.
Grimsley: Palmeiro, Dykstra Did Steroids: NEW YORK (AP) -- Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit....
Affidavit Identifies Players and Drugs: Jose Canseco , Lenny Dykstra , Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa are accused of using steroids by former pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit.
Grimsley's affidavit unsealed: Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra were among those accused of using steroids by Jason Grimsley.{l} Young: Schilling speaks out
Grimsley: Palmeiro, Dykstra Did Steroids: Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit. Roger Clemens wasn't one of them, despite a published report last year that singled...
Alleged steroid users named: Ex-pitcher Jason Grimsley accuses Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra as well as two others in a federal agent's affadavit.
Baseball Notes | Grimsley testimony included former Phils: Jose Canseco, former Phillie Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of using steroids by former major-league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit that was unsealed yesterday.
Dykstra, Incaviglia among those named in Grimsley document: Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of using steroids by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed yesterday.
Grimsley: Canseco, Dykstra Used Steroids: Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.
Clemens, Pettitte not mentioned in affidavit: Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra, Glenallen Hill and Geronimo Berroa were accused of using steroids by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit unsealed Thursday.Grimsley also accused Chuck Knoblauch of using human growth hormone; David Segui and Allen Watson of using performance-enhancing drugs; and Rafael Palmeiro and Pete Incaviglia of taking amphetamines, according to IRS Special Agent Jeff Novitzky's sworn statement.
Federal affidavit on Grimsley unsealed (AP):
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Jose Canseco, Lenny Dykstra and Rafael Palmeiro were among nine players accused of doping by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley in a federal agent's affidavit. Roger Clemens wasn't one of them, despite a published report last year that singled him out. He was, however, prominently mentioned in last week's Mitchell Report on doping, but has denied ever using performance-enhancing drugs.
What about those who weren't busted?: Lenny Dykstra was one of dozens named in the Mitchell Report. Hundreds of others may have beat the rap, Mike Vaccaro says.
Naming names: Prominent or not, it's not an honor roll:
Former Rangers
| Player | Pos. | 2007 team | Comment |
| Manny Alexander | IF | Out of baseball | Steroids found in his car's glove box. |
| Chad Allen | OF | Played in Japan | Says he used steroids to combat knee injury, and only in the off-season. |
| Kevin Brown | P | Out of baseball | Kirk Radomski said he sold HGH to Brown. |
| Ken Caminiti | 3B | Died in 2004 | Admitted using steroids during MVP season. |
| Jose Canseco | OF/DH | Out of baseball | His book, Juiced, helped fuel baseball's look into steroids. |
| Eric Gagné | P | Rangers/Red Sox | Radomski said he mailed HGH to Gagné while with Dodgers. |
| Juan Gonzalez | OF/DH | Out of baseball | Customs official found steroids in a bag with his luggage. |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | IF/OF | Rangers | Radomski said he sold HGH to Hairston in'03 and'04. |
| Gary Matthews Jr. | OF | Angels | Reports link him to Internet drug sales; Chad Allen said he found syringes. |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 1B/DH | Out of baseball | First star to be suspended for steroids. |
| John Rocker | P | Out of baseball | Admitted HGH use after shoulder surgery. |
| David Segui | IF/OF | Out of baseball | Admitted buying steroids from Radomski and using HGH with prescription. |
| Mike Stanton | P | Reds | Radomski said he sold HGH to Stanton in 2003. |
| Ismael Valdez | P | Out of baseball | Had HGH shipped to Rangers ballpark in 2002 while with Seattle. |
| Randy Velarde | IF/DH | Out of baseball | Attorney admitted he used clear and cream in 2003. |
| Steve Woodard | P | Out of baseball | Received HGH in 2003. |
| Gregg Zaun | C/DH | Blue Jays | Radomski said he received a check from Zaun for steroids. |
| Player | Pos. | 2007 team | Comment |
| Rick Ankiel | P-OF | Cardinals | (New York) Daily News reported he received 8 shipments of HGH in 2004. |
| David Bell | 3B | Out of baseball | 12-year veteran linked to use of human chorionic gonadatropin ("HCG"). |
| Marvin Benard | OF | Out of baseball | Feds told by BALCO that he received performance-enhancing drugs. |
| Gary Bennett Jr. | C | Cardinals | Two kits of human growth hormone purchased in 2003. |
| Larry Bigbie | OF | Minor leagues | Three checks written for a variety of performance-enhancing substances. |
| Barry Bonds | OF | Giants | Home run king indicted on charges he lied about steroids use. |
| Paul Byrd | P | Indians | During 2007 ALCS, admitted taking HGH to medicate a"pituitary tumor." |
| Roger Clemens | P | Yankees | Ex-Yankees strength/conditioning coach says he injected him with Winstrol. |
| Jack Cust | OF | Athletics | Reportedly told teammate in 2003 that he had tried steroids. |
| Brendan Donnelly | P | Red Sox | Radomski recalled that he sold him Anavar, an anabolic steroid, in 2004. |
| Lenny Dykstra | OF | Out of baseball | Radomski says Dykstra admitted taking steroids. |
| Bobby Estalella | C | Out of baseball | Reportedly told a grand jury he used HGH and undetectable drugs. |
| Ryan Franklin | P | Cardinals | Suspended 10 days in August 2005 for violating the steroids policy. |
| Jason Giambi | 1B-DH | Yankees | 2000 AL MVP appeared to admit using steroids in a USA Today report. |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF-1B | Out of baseball | On a couple of occasions, he's admitted using steroids. |
| Jay Gibbons | OF | Orioles | Suspended for first 15 days of 2008 season; says he was prescribed HGH. |
| Troy Glaus | 3B | Blue Jays | SI.com reported he received steroids between September 2003 and May 2004. |
| Jason Grimsley | P | Out of baseball | Admitted he used HGH, steroids and amphetamines. |
| Jose Guillen | OF | Mariners | Suspended for first 15 days season for violating MLB's drug agreement. |
| Darren Holmes | P | Out of baseball | Said he received HGH and testosterone from Palm Beach Rejuvenation. |
| Wally Joyner | 1B | Out of baseball | Said he quit steroids after taking the drug three times. |
| David Justice | OF | Out of baseball | Reportedly paid for 2 or 3 kits of HGH after 2000 World Series. |
| Chuck Knoblauch | IF | Out of baseball | Ex-Yankees strength coach says he injected him 7 to 9 times with HGH. |
| Paul Lo Duca | C | Mets | HGH reportedly sent to his house, Dodgers'clubhouse. |
| Andy Pettitte | P | Yankees | Ex-Yankees strength/conditioning coach recalled injecting him in 2002 with HGH. |
| Armando Rios | OF | Out of baseball | Reportedly told a federal agent that he purchased HGH and testosterone. |
| Brian Roberts | 2B | Orioles | Federal agent's affidavit says he used performance-enhancing drugs. |
| Benito Santiago | C | Out of baseball | Reportedly told BALCO grand jury he got HGH and steroids from Bonds'trainer. |
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | Mets | Reportedly received six shipments of steroids in 2003 and 2004. |
| Gary Sheffield | OF | Tigers | Said he took the"clear"and the"cream,"but didn't know they were steroids. |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | Orioles | Reportedly sought steroids from teammate. |
| Mo Vaughn | 1B | Out of baseball | Big slugger said in 2003 that he used supplements that contained ephedra. |
| Matt Williams | 3B | Out of baseball | Bought $11,600 worth of growth hormone, steroids and other drugs in 2002. |
Phillies rundown: Mostly clean, except for Dykstra and Bell.: The current Phillies came off relatively clean but the fans have more reasons to doubt Lenny Dykstra and a better idea why they booed David Bell.
Dykstra, Bell, Bonds named in Mitchell Report: Former Phillies Lenny Dykstra, Todd Pratt, Ryan Franklin and David Bell were named in the Mitchell Report on steroids in baseball that was released Thursday afternoon.
No crying Wolf: Once upon a time, the Phillies took quiet pride in the way they managed free agency. They signed the guys they wanted to sign: Pete Rose, Lance Parrish, Gregg Jefferies. They kept the guys they wanted to keep: Curt Schilling, the first time, Darren Daulton, Lenny Dykstra.
Lenny Dykstra in the Blog Pen
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Jim Gerard: July 3, 2008 - DFA, chapter 31: Enter Letty:
: April 3, 2008 - DFA, chapter 20: Viva La Revolucion!:
Jim Gerard: March 17, 2008 - DFA, chapter 18 -The Creative Process:
: March 12, 2008 - My Transaction History, part 2:
John Shiffert: January 21, 2008 - John Shiffert on Vaseline, Scuff Marks, Steroids and the Mitchell Report:
John Shiffert: November 27, 2007 - Jimmy Rollins and the Vote for the 2007 MVP:
John Shiffert: June 27, 2007 - The Winless Pitcher Syndrome:
Peter Doyle: June 26, 2007 - Roger Clemens, The Best Righty?:
Richard Lally: June 18, 2007 - Richard Lally Spends Five Minutes With...Eddie Joost:
Peter Doyle: May 30, 2007 - Those Who Ignore History...:
: May 29, 2007 - :
: May 7, 2007 - : THE NATURAL, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
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